ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,549, issued on May 20, was assigned to LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Power device" was invented by Shuo-Jen Shieh (Taipei, Taiwan), Chen-Yu Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yu-Po Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power device is provided. The power device includes a body and a plug rotatably assembled on the body. The body includes a lower housing and a connection element in the lower housing. The connection element includes a pathway and a conductive pin at least partially disposed in the pathway. The plug includes an upper housing and an upper pin rotatably and pivotally connected to the upper housing. Th...