ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,097, issued on May 12, was assigned to LATELEC (Toulouse, France).

"Electrical equipotential connection device" was invented by Jay Nicholas (Llamtrisant, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical equipotential connection device having: a connector (1) that includes: a first electrical connector element (2); at least one resilient tab (4); a socket (9) that includes: a contact surface (12); a second electrical connector element (20); at least one housing (14) suitable for cooperating with the at least one resilient tab (4); a disconnection track (17) adjacent to the housing (14) and extending substantially parallel to...