ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,916, issued on April 8.
"Prong separator tool for truck trailer light receptacle pins" was invented by Michael Williams (Worth, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for separating dual-prong male electrical split contact pins in a truck trailer electrical system receptacle, where the dual-prong male electrical split contact pins have a gap between the prongs. A housing has a bore extending along the axial length of the housing and an opening to the bore at an end of the housing. A wedge element having a linearly extending substantially pointed tip or a conical shaped substantially pointed tip is fixed in the bore, and the point...