ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,830, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Moeller Mfg. Co. LLC (Wixom, Mich.).

"Access cover assembly" was invented by Eric Zochowski (South Lyon, Mich.), H. Britt Bochiardy (Clearwater, Fla.), Gordon Boggie (Jupiter, Fla.) and Bryan Rowe (Holly, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access cover assembly for machines, equipment, mechanical assemblies and like apparatus is configured to be mounted or attached to an exterior housing or casing of the apparatus to cover an access port or opening in the housing that is used for gaining access to the interior of the apparatus. The access cover assembly includes a cover plate and a remova...