ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,544, issued on July 15.
"Alternating current time-sharing outlets and switch box" was invented by Vincent Hung Nguyen (Anaheim, Calif.) and Trang Lan Do (Anaheim, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus can be used to turn an existing 240 VAC or 480 VAC/600 VAC outlet into two or more time-sharing, i.e., one operating at a time, outlets. An AC switch box with two time-sharing outlets can be made with either a mechanical switch for switching which load receives power, or automatically, by a microcomputer system, for example. In the automatic AC switch box, the non-favored outlet may be typically powered on unless a...