ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,593, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Contactor with heat transfer device" was invented by Dinesh Loku Hemnani (Greensboro, N.C.), Albert Yong Lee (Greensboro, N.C.), Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri (Sao Paulo), Bruce Toepfer (High Point, N.C.), Nathan Philip Myer (Lancaster, Pa.), Ram Kishore Venkatesan (Middletown, Pa.) and William A. Russell Jr. (Walkertown, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactor includes a housing defining a cavity. The contactor includes a switch assembly received in the cavity. The switch assembly includes first and second fixed contacts received in the ca...