ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,419, issued on March 25, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).
"Plug-on neutral device and kit" was invented by Steven Wayne Dozier (Andover, Mass.), Timothy Robert Faber (Andover, Mass.) and David Keith Schroeder (Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-on neutral (PON) device includes a housing that defines a phase cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with phase buses of a bus assembly. The phase cooperation portion is configured to be electrically isolated from the phase buses and stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly. A neutral cooperation portion is configured...