ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,438, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Chengli Li (Suzhou, China).

"Ground fault circuit interrupter device and related electrical connection devices and electrical appliances" was invented by Long Chen (Suzhou, China), Jinmiao Lu (Suzhou, China) and Chengli Li (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground fault circuit interrupter device includes a switch unit for controlling a power connection between input and output ends; a leakage protection unit including a leakage detection module, for generating a leakage fault signal upon detecting a leakage current signal, and a leakage drive module including a first coil, for d...