ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,341, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Locking electrical contact device with switch" was invented by William Ramon Valentin (Meridien, Conn.) and Thomas Louis Scanzillo (Monroe, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical contact device and a second electrical contact device. The first electrical contact device includes a plurality of conductors. The second electrical contact device includes a first portion, a second portion movable in a rotational and translational manner relative to the first portion, and an actuator movable between a first posi...