ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,162, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to R. STAHL SCHALTGERATE GMBH (Waldenburg, Germany).

"Explosion-proof housing comprising removable central strut" was invented by Elena Kondrus (Kunzelsau, Germany) and Holger Semrau (Satteldorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An explosion-proof housing including: a housing body which delimits an interior and comprises a housing opening that offers access to the interior; at least one central strut which extends between portions of the housing body and subdivides the housing opening into at least two opening portions, and at least two separate covers which are designed and arranged, in t...