ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,370, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Towa Industries Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).
"Multi socket power extension source" was invented by Ron Silorio (Pittsburg, Calif.), Richard K. Ogawa Sr. (Palo Alto, Calif.) and James George Hanlon (Morgan Hill, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-socket power extension source includes a power inlet port, and power outlets coupled to the power inlet port through switches. The multi-socket power extension source includes a controller configured to control the switches. The controller is configured to repetitively determine if an estimate of a total current through the power inlet port excee...