US Patent Issued to Pass & Seymour on Nov. 18 for "Tester for a frequency-dependent ground fault interrupt wiring device" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,407, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pass & Seymour Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Tester for a frequency-dependent ground fault interrupt wiring device" was invented by Joshua P. Haines (Marcellus, N.Y.) and Michael F. McMahon (North Syracuse, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tester for a frequency-dependent ground fault interrupt wiring device, including: a tester circuit, including: a switch disposed between a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein a leakage current flows through a leakage path between the first terminal and the second terminal when a voltage is applied across the first terminal and the second terminal, a ...