ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,948, issued on April 29, was assigned to Camco Manufacturing LLC (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Power cable plug connector" was invented by Brandon Wayne Blakely (Burlington, N.C.) and Andrew Malinich (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power cable plug connector device is disclosed having a housing assembly and an internal assembly, the internal assembly includes a terminal configuration and an electronics configuration. The terminal configuration includes at least one metal contact configured to engage a power source and conduct an incoming power signal. The electronics configuration is electrically connected to the terminal...