ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,823, issued on Jan. 13.

"Bolt on power2" was invented by William Matthews II (Haltom City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interoperable power distribution apparatus and systems includes N power distribution base units having a first configuration as sequentially arranged along a first direction and secured as removably attached, and a second configuration where each of the N power distribution base units are independently and removably attached to a surface or embedded at least in part to one of N welding machine support units having various first, second, or third orthogonal dimensions, the N power distribution base units i...