US Patent Issued to James Maddox on Aug. 4 for "Electrical receptacle, modular electrical assembly, and methods" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,721, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to James Maddox (Greenville, Ind.).

"Electrical receptacle, modular electrical assembly, and methods" was invented by James Maddox (Greenville, Ind.) and Brian Pate (Fredericksburg, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle for electrically connecting a circuitry of a building to module for transmitting and/or regulating a flow of electricity includes: a body which defines a cavity for receiving the module; and two or more electrical contacts secured to a surface of the body. Each electrical contact includes a terminal configured to place the receptacle in electrical connection with the modul...