ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,872, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Voltra Lighting Ltd. (Central, Hong Kong).

"Electric lighting systems with removably couplable power devices" was invented by Baptiste Robin Guedez (Lantau Island, Hong Kong) and Timothy James Alexander Ross (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example electric lighting system includes a lighting device that includes a housing including a lighting element and a power device holding portion. The power device holding portion includes a cavity. The cavity includes a first and a second electrical contact disposed within the cavity. The power device includes a third and a fourth...