MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421012419 A) filed by Panasonic Life Solutions India Private Limited, Thane, Maharashtra, on Feb. 21, 2024, for 'a switch assembly.'

Inventor(s) include Suthar, Pankaj; and Patel, Keyurkumar Manojbhai.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a switch assembly (100) including a housing (102) accommodating a plurality of terminals (310,318), a plurality of contacts (306, 316), an actuator (104), and an inner cover (202). The plurality of contacts (306, 316) is adapted to selectively couple or decouple with the plurality of terminals (310, 318) to supply a flow of current within the housing (102). The actuator (104) is adapted to apply force on the plurality of contacts (306, 316) to selectively couple or decouple with the plurality of terminals (310,318). The inner cover (202) is adapted to encapsulate the plurality of terminals (310, 318), the plurality of contacts (306, 316), and at least a portion of the actuator (104) is adapted to trap a light produced through a spark generated from the coupling or decoupling of the plurality of contacts (306,316) with the plurality of terminals (310,318)."

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