ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,063, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Carling Technologies Inc. (Plainville, Conn.).

"Spacing bracket for circuit breaker mounted to circuit board" was invented by Michael Fasano (Watertown, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a circuit board having at least two conductor traces formed thereon, each of the conductor traces having at least one hole associated therewith, a circuit breaker having at least two conductive terminals, each of the conductive terminals having a screw-receiving threaded opening, the threaded openings being aligned with the holes formed in the circuit board, and a spacing bracket compris...