ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,336, issued on July 14, was assigned to AES Global Holdings PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Fuse connector" was invented by Jinyu Qiu (Shenzhen City, China), Zhihong Li (Zhongshan City, China) and Fang Fang Xu (Shenzhen City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket assembly for a fuse connector comprises a first bus bar, a fuse bus bar, and a fuse holder. The first bus bar comprises a contact blade extending toward a proximal end of the socket assembly and a fuse contact assembly. The fuse bus bar comprises a first fuse contact assembly and a distal end positioned adjacently to a distal end of the socket assembly. The fuse holder is re...