ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,166, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ledup Manufacturing Group Ltd. (Irwindale, Calif.).

"Waterproof integrated controller" was invented by Jing Jing Yu (Irwindale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an integrated controller that is waterproof and can be used in outdoor environments. The integrated controller has a housing which houses a separate controller assembly that is sealed to the housing to provide a waterproof container. Integrated plug blades that are molded into the housing assembly plug directly into a wall socket and U-connectors on a circuit board are used to connect the circuit board to an AC power s...