US Patent Issued to Chengli Li on Aug. 5 for "Leakage current detection and interruption device and related electrical connectors and electrical appliances" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,426, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Chengli Li (Suzhou, China).

"Leakage current detection and interruption device and related electrical connectors and electrical appliances" was invented by Chengli Li (Suzhou, China) and Long Chen (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leakage current detection and interruption device includes a switch module for connecting and disconnecting input and output ends of current carrying lines; a leakage current detection module for detecting a leakage current signal on the current carrying lines and generating a leakage fault signal in response thereto; an over-temperature protection module ...