US Patent Issued to Smart Power Partners on Aug. 25 for "Power adapter configured to provide power to a load" (Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,393, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Smart Power Partners LLC (Wheaton, Ill.).

"Power adapter configured to provide power to a load" was invented by John J. King (Wheaton, Ill.) and Stephen DeLano (Milton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-wall power adapter for controlling an application of power to a load is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprise a first plurality of contact elements adapted to be coupled to wires of a junction box, the first plurality of contact elements comprising at least a first contact element adapted to receive a voltage signal and a second contact element adapted to provide the voltage...