US Patent Issued to Chengli Li on Dec. 30 for "Ground fault circuit interrupter devices and related electrical connectors and electrical appliances" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,663, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Chengli Li (Suzhou, China).

"Ground fault circuit interrupter devices and related electrical connectors and electrical appliances" was invented by Chengli Li (Suzhou, China), Long Chen (Suzhou, China) and Guolan Yue (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) device includes a ground fault detection module for detecting a ground fault in a neutral line of a plurality of current carrying lines and generating a ground fault signal in response thereto, including a neutral line detection coil having a magnetic core made of a silicon steel and through whic...