US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Outlet assembly with powered cover plate" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,367, issued on Sept. 22.

"Outlet assembly with powered cover plate" was invented by Lawrence Ko (Rowland Heights, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet assembly is supplied electricity from a power source and has an in-wall unit electrically connected to the power source, an outlet electrically connected to the in-wall unit, and a cover plate including a front cover, a rear cover, and a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board is electrically connected the in-wall unit, and at least one LED mounted on the printed circuit board."

The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2025, under Application No. 19/408,433.

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