ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,025, issued on July 1, was assigned to Brainwave Research Corp. (Vaughan, Canada).
"Electrical receptacle fault protection" was invented by John Eriksen (Newmarket, Canada), Jean-Guy Gagne (Etobicoke, Canada) and Rene K. Pardo (Richmond Hill, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical receptacle contains a plug outlet that has a pair of contacts for electrical connection to respective hot and neutral power lines. A controlled switch, such as a TRIAC, is connected in series relationship between the outlet contact and the hot power line. Sensors in the receptacle outputs signals to a processor having an output coupled to the co...