ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,131, issued on June 17, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd. (Singpore, Singapore).

"Weld spatter protective cover device for plastic module and module including a protective cover device" was invented by Srinivasan Melkote (Singapore), Woon Hwee Kiew (Singapore) and Wee Kong Tam (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spatter protection cover for an electronics module includes a top wall that covers a top surface of a plastic module housing. The cover can include side walls and end walls that cover the side surfaces and end surfaces of the plastic housing. The cover can be a one-piece metall...