ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,966, issued on June 24, was assigned to Astec International Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).
"Fuse holder" was invented by Austin M. Noble (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Robert H. Kippley (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuse holder comprises first and second body halves. The first body half includes a wall having a fuse cavity, a first channel extending from a first end of the fuse cavity of the first body half, and a second channel extending from a second end of the fuse cavity of the first body half. The second body half includes a wall having a fuse cavity, a third channel extending from a first end of the fuse cavity o...