US Patent Issued to MEASURABLE on Jan. 20 for "Power socket for reducing wastage of electrical energy and related aspects" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,434, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MEASURABLE LTD (Berkshire, Great Britain).

"Power socket for reducing wastage of electrical energy and related aspects" was invented by Daniel Robert Williams (Caversham Reading, Great Britain) and Joshua Fraser Eadie (Caversham Reading, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power socket including: an electrical power outlet; a power input configured to supply power to the power outlet; one relay configured to control delivery of electrical power via the power outlet; a power monitor configured to monitor the operational state of the power outlet and characteristics of powe...