ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,437, issued on June 23, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Storage unit with power monitoring capability" was invented by Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck (Kenosha, Wis.) and William J. Tadda Jr. (Kenosha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage unit, such as, for example, a toolbox or cabinet, having a power strip with power terminals adapted to operably couple to and provide electricity to a connected device. The storage unit further including an interrogation module adapted to interrogate or monitor electric supply information about electricity supplied to the connected devices via the power terminals, a computation module...