US Patent Issued to Pass & Seymour on May 13 for "Ground fault interrupt and USB power supply electrical wiring device" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,994, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pass & Seymour Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Ground fault interrupt and USB power supply electrical wiring device" was invented by Clayton Roberts (Tully, N.Y.), Jeffrey C. Richards (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) and Kristopher E. Glassford (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical wiring device including a ground fault interrupt assembly, the ground fault interrupt assembly comprising a ground fault interrupt circuit, being formed on a first printed circuit board, and a trip mechanism, the ground fault interrupt circuit being configured to detect a differential current between the line...