US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on July 14 for "Receptacle with interlocking assembly" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,326, issued on July 14, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Receptacle with interlocking assembly" was invented by Erik Garcia Canseco (Ciudad Ixtapaluca, Mexico), Elias Martinez Valerio (Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico), Alejandro Garcia Manzano (Tultitlan, Mexico) and Luis Manuel Alba Regalado (Mexico City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle includes a housing having a port for receiving a plug. An interlock assembly is provided for locking and unlocking the plug to the housing and includes a unitary main shaft having a first end and a second end. The second end is contoured to extend radially from a longi...