ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,336, issued on March 17, was assigned to Schurter AG (Lucerne, Switzerland).
"Power outlet module, a power outlet connector bank and a two-part electrical coupling system" was invented by Joel Zeier (Rothenburg, Switzerland), Cyrill Disler (Kriens, Switzerland) and Sarina Vetter (Lucerne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power outlet module, comprising an electrically insulating unitary body, said unitary body comprising a base and an outlet core extending from said base. Said outlet core comprises a plurality of recesses extending in longitudinal direction thereof. The power outlet module further comprises a plurality o...