ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,548, issued on July 15, was assigned to Roxtec AB (Karlskrona, Sweden).

"Transit for passing at least one cable and/or at least one metallic pipe" was invented by Mikael Grudd (Karlskrona, Sweden) and Mathias Falk (Karlskrona, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transit for passing at least one cable (1) and/or at least one metallic pipe through an opening in a partition. The transit comprises a part receiving said at least one cable (1) or pipe and means are provided for connecting an exposed shield or armour (2) of the cable (1) or the metallic pipe to a surrounding potential. A verification point for verifying the connection t...