ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,315, issued on Nov. 11.
"Time fault circuit interrupter" was invented by Kevin L. LaFuente (Alger, Mich.) and Salvatore Tringali (Washington Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary time fault circuit interrupter for interrupting a power supply to an equipment unit upon the occurrence of a trip condition may include a sensor configured to monitor a current flow to the equipment unit. The circuit interrupter may also include a trip mechanism configured to interrupt the current flow. The circuit interrupter may further include a processor in communication with the sensor and the trip mechanism, and the processor may ...