US Patent Issued to JST POWER EQUIPMENT on Sept. 16 for "Switchgear ground and test device having first and second sets of grounding bars and ground shoe assembly" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,671, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to JST POWER EQUIPMENT INC. (Lake Mary, Fla.).

"Switchgear ground and test device having first and second sets of grounding bars and ground shoe assembly" was invented by Robert L. Hanna (Enterprise, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground and test (G&T) device includes a test device housing having upper terminals and lower terminals carried by the test device housing and engaging the load and line conductors when the test device housing in installed within the compartment of the switchgear frame. A plurality of grounding bars include a first set of grounding bars that connect the upper ter...