ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,287, issued on July 22, was assigned to HITACHI ENERGY LTD (Zurich).

"Adaptation module for a gas-insulated switchgear" was invented by Hauke Peters (Hanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an adaptation module configured for connecting three conductors of two modules and/or bays of a three-phase encapsulated gas-insulated switchgear, including two opposite arranged insulators each including three radially spaced conductor connection inlets and configured for electrically connecting the conductor connection inlets to one of the two modules and/or bays, and three concentrically arranged axially extendin...