US Patent Issued to Hubbell on Feb. 24 for "Ground fault circuit interrupters and connectors for use with same" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,536, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Ground fault circuit interrupters and connectors for use with same" was invented by Antonio Di Vita (Shelton, Conn.), Michael Nagy (Fairfield, Conn.) and Kenny Padro (Hamden, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for use with a GFCI receptacle is provided. The connector includes a body, a latch configured to couple the body to the GFCI receptacle, a first blade supported by and extending from the body, a second blade supported by and extending from the body, wherein when the body is coupled to the GFCI receptacle, the first blade is received by a first...