[3][4][5] Although responsible for more than 500 patents by 1935, Bryant's most significant contribution to the wiring devices industry was the idea of standardization.

[6] Bryant grew quickly and, in 1890, acquired the Standard Electric Time Company and Empire China Works.

[6] At the time of Bryant's founding and rapid growth Bridgeport's West End was a dense, congested working-class neighborhood and a large population of mostly Hungarian immigrants, as well as Swedes, Slovenians and French Canadians, lived to the south of the industrial zone where Bryant was located.

The remaining two thirds of the plant joined the strikers and after two weeks the company acceded to the workers' demands for an eight-hour day, overtime pay and union representation.

Westinghouse sold its remaining interests in Bryant Electric to Hubbell Incorporated in 1991[17] with the rebranded Distribution and Controls Business Unit going to Eaton in 1994.