US Patent Issued to Zaptec IP AS on Feb. 24 for "Input connector with integrated residual current detection" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,516, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Zaptec IP AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Input connector with integrated residual current detection" was invented by Magnus Pallesen (Stavanger, Norway), Knut Braut (Sandnes, Norway) and Fredrik Ostrem (Sandnes, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input connector assembly, which is for detecting residual current and adapted for connecting power sources to electric equipment of electric vehicles, includes a wire terminal block, lock and release mechanisms, a residual current sensor, and a support holder. The wire terminal block has wire terminals for receiving electrical wires. The lock and relea...