ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,790, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Power adapter with removable plugs" was invented by Feng Chen (Shanghai), Jie Zhang (Shanghai) and Xu-Fei Shen (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a power adapter including a body and a plug removably connected to the body. In one example, the plug has a second base defining a groove, a housing, and a prong rotatably mounted to the housing. In another example, the body has a tongue extending from a first base, which slides within the groove of the plug to prevent movement of the plug in a first direction...