ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,241, issued on March 4, was assigned to Pass & Seymour Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Electrical wiring device for delivering power to multiple mobile devices" was invented by Jeffrey C. Richards (Baldwinsville, N.Y.), Collin C. Richards (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) and Patrick J. Murphy (Marcellus, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical wiring device for delivering power to multiple mobile devices including: a housing having a faceplate; a first power delivery port accessible through the faceplate; a second power delivery accessible through the faceplate; an AC/DC converter disposed in the housing and configured to receive an AC signal...