MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514095499 A) filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, on Oct. 4, 2025, for 'system and method for detecting discrete open and close states of electrical switching devices.'
Inventor(s) include Vaibhav Deshmukh; Paul R. Rakus; and Niloy Khatua.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An apparatus for use in an electrical switching device including an operating mechanism having an energy storing device, a cam assembly, a pole shaft, and separable contacts. The apparatus includes a holding device; a discharge detector structured to be disposed adjacent to the cam assembly and detect discharging status of the energy storage device based on the position of the cam assembly; a pole shaft position detector structured to be coupled to the pole shaft and detect open and close state of the separable contacts based on the position of the pole shaft; and a switching device monitor coupled to the detectors and structured to receive data from the detectors, analyze the data and perform control and/or diagnostics on the electrical switching device based on the analysis, the data including the detected discharging status and the detected open and close state."
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