ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,325, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).
"Expandable component" was invented by Daniel Zucchetto (Dublin), Daniel Browne (Rathgar, Ireland) and Padhraig Ryan (Keatingstown, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable component of a charging device comprising an outer boundary configured, in use, to be displaced. The expandable component also comprises a rotatable member, in communication with the outer boundary via a connecting member; and a guiding portion configured to translate a rotation of the rotatable member into a motion of the connecting member such that the outer boundary moves...