ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,052, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA SOUTHERN POWER GRID (Guangdong, China).

"Electric energy safety authentication apparatus" was invented by Yong Xiao (Guangdong, China), Yun Zhao (Guangdong, China), Weibin Lin (Guangdong, China), Chao Cui (Guangdong, China), Ziwen Cai (Guangdong, China) and Yuxin Lu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electric power safety authentication device, including a front casing, a rear casing, a sealing element, and a fastener connection structure. A sealing groove that matches the sealing element is provided at connection between th...