US Patent Issued to The Noco on Oct. 21 for "Rechargeable battery jump starting device with control switch and optical position sensing switch system" (Ohio, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,707, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Noco Co. (Glenwillow, Ohio).

"Rechargeable battery jump starting device with control switch and optical position sensing switch system" was invented by Jonathan Lewis Nook (Gates Mills, Ohio), William Knight Nook Sr. (Shaker Heights, Ohio), James Richard Stanfield (Glendale, Ariz.) and Derek Michael Underhill (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a rechargeable battery jump starting device with a control switch (e.g. rotary control switch) and an optical position sensing switch system to determine a position of the control switch. The optical position sensing swi...