ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,144, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Gripping electrical receptacle" was invented by Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, Ariz.) and Austin Steven Brown (Addison, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical receptacle with a receptacle body, at least one friction pad within the receptacle body between two plug prongs when the electrical plug is coupled with the electrical receptacle, a cam within the receptacle body and having a cam body with an oval-shaped cross section configured to force the friction pad towards a plug prong while a cam lever is in an engaged position, and release the forc...