US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on June 17 for "Appliance with integrated ground fault detection" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,322, issued on June 17, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Appliance with integrated ground fault detection" was invented by Damian Howard (Winchester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally directed to a GF detection circuit for use in blenders and other appliances that can detect current leak/GF events and selectively decouple/de-energize components of the blender that could bring a user in contact with dangerous electrical currents. Preferably, a blender consistent with the present disclosure includes at least one ground plane, e.g., in the form of conductive material/sect...