ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,354, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Infinite Invention Inc. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Meter collar adapter with electric load management and overcurrent protection" was invented by John Schroeder (Falls Church, Va.), Benjamin Lewis (Falls Church, Va.), Jon Knauer (Falls Church, Va.), Khanti Munro (Falls Church, Va.), Akash Dani (Falls Church, Va.) and Whitman Fulton (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meter collar adapter including a housing, a plurality of contacts to electrically connect the meter collar adapter to a meter socket and to a utility meter, a load management device within the housing to manage electrical ...