ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,269, issued on May 20, was assigned to Chengli Li (Suzhou, China).

"Electrical fault detection and interruption device 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: "An electrical fault detection and interruption device includes a switch module coupled between input and output ends of current carrying lines, for controlling an electrical connection between the two ends; a signal collection module, for detecting a fault signal on the current carrying lines and converting it to an electrical s...