ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,190, issued on May 20, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Contactor with multi-gap actuator" was invented by Marcus Priest (Carpinteria, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactor includes a housing having a cavity with fixed contacts received in the cavity and a movable contact movable within the cavity to mate to the fixed contacts and unmate from the fixed contacts. The movable contact electrically connecting the fixed contacts in the mated position. A mating gap is formed between the movable contact and the fixed contacts when the movable contact is unmated from the fixed contacts. The contactor...