US Patent Issued to Schneider Electric USA on June 17 for "Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) devices, systems, and methods" (Iowa, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,722, issued on June 17, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).

"Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Kenneth Riehl (North Liberty, Iowa), Joseph Hall (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Juan Ignacio Melecio (North Liberty, Iowa), Jeremy D. Schroeder (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Jacob B. Guelff (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) can include a current transformer (CT) comprising a single core, a first winding wound around the single core, and a second winding wound around the single core. The GFCI can include a ground fault (GF...