US Patent Issued to TW Connectivity Solutions on Dec. 9 for "Thermal absorber for contactor" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,330, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TW Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Thermal absorber for contactor" was invented by Frank Peter Wahl III (Ventura, Calif.) and Manik S. Sethi (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactor includes a housing having a wall defining a cavity and a cover closing the cavity. The contactor includes a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact received in the cavity. The contactor includes a movable contact movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position. The movable contact engages the first and second fixed contacts to electrically connect the ...