ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,257, issued on July 28, was assigned to AMPURE CHARGING SYSTEMS INC. (Monrovia, Calif.).

"Mechanical current selector and low power adapter exclusion key" was invented by Peter Gabrielsson (Monrovia, Calif.), Herman Joseph Steinbuchel IV (Pasadena, Calif.), Spencer Skelly (Monrovia, Calif.) and Christopher Wall (Monrovia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods including a cordset having a housing comprising: a rotatable neutral blade, where the rotatable neutral blade is rotatable between a first horizontal position, a second vertical position, and a third angled position; a first hot plug blade; a second...