ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,173, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Applied Research Associates Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Surge arresting power cable" was invented by David A. Kleeberg (Lakehills, Texas), Charles Dudley (San Antonio) and Kyle A. Lyke (Helotes, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure provide an electrical power surge arresting apparatus. Specifically, the surge arresting apparatus may be implemented within a port of an electrical power cord. In some embodiments, the surge arresting power cable comprises a plurality of conductive plates that may be attached to the hot, neutral, and ground leads of the electrical power ...