ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,956, issued on June 10, was assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Two-part powered electrical wall plate" was invented by Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, Ariz.) and John E. Klein (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered wall plate with a rear frame and a front cover plate. The rear frame is configured to couple with an electrical device and may have a rear frame central aperture extending through the rear frame, terminal connectors extending away from the rear frame adjacent to the rear frame central aperture and configured to electrically couple with the electrical terminals on the electrical device, an ele...