ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,030, issued on April 29, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Generator terminal passthrough insulator" was invented by Glenn C. Lemmers Jr. (Loves Park, Ill.) and Mark J. Franklin (Janesville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal assembly of an electric machine includes an electric machine housing including a terminal opening defined in the electric machine housing. A conductive terminal extends through the terminal opening, from an inside of the electric machine housing to an outside of the electric machine housing. An insulator is located at the terminal. The insulator is positioned between the te...