US Patent Issued to Splitvolt on March 3 for "Power sharing device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,728, issued on March 3, was assigned to Splitvolt Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Power sharing device" was invented by Heng Hu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power sharing device allows a single high voltage electric socket to be shared with one or more appliances and an EV charger. The device can be easily installed and used without updating the electric circuit of the dwelling. The device senses the load of the appliance socket(s) and automatically disconnects the EV charger socket if significant current is being drawn by the appliance(s). The device may also include a circuit breaker to prevent current overload o...