US Patent Issued to TDK Electronics on Oct. 21 for "Switching device with at least one movable contact, at least one auxiliary contact, at least one spring contact and a contact plate" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,312, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).

"Switching device with at least one movable contact, at least one auxiliary contact, at least one spring contact and a contact plate" was invented by Robert Hoffmann (Berlin) and Robert Minkwitz (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a switching device includes at least two fixed contacts and one movable contact in a switching chamber and at least two auxiliary contacts, two spring contacts and a contact plate in the switching chamber, wherein each of the spring contacts contacts one of the auxiliary contacts with a first contact region and has a se...