US Patent Issued to North American Power Products on Aug. 19 for "Socket based disconnect with surge protection" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,808, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to North American Power Products Inc. (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

"Socket based disconnect with surge protection" was invented by Mark Matyac (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermediate disconnect section (100) for mounting on a meter base (10) and an electricity meter (20). A first source coupling (117) mounted on a platform (106) is electrically couplable to a source connector of the meter base (10). A second source coupling (119) is electrically coupled to a source connection of the electricity meter (120). A first load coupling (121) is electrically coupled to a load connector...