US Patent Issued on Nov. 4 for "Wire keeper, and an electrical component enclosure for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,802, issued on Nov. 4.

"Wire keeper, and an electrical component enclosure for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights" was invented by Luke C. McKee (Oskaloosa, Iowa), David J. Van Ee (Oskaloosa, Iowa) and Kenneth G. Lewis Jr. (New Sharon, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for retrofitting a HID lighting system includes using existing components of previously installed HID lighting systems such as its ballasts while replacing some capacitors to adjust the power supplied to a retrofit LED luminaire. Unused ballast drivers are removed, and a self-contained ballast driver assembly is mounted into the electronic con...