ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,384, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ConnectDER Inc. (Philadelphia).

"Thermal management for a meter collar adapter" was invented by Katie Bentley (Philadelphia), John Schroeder (Philadelphia), Jonathan Knauer (Philadelphia), Benjamin Lewis (Philadelphia) and Whitman Fulton (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meter collar adapter may include an upper assembly having a housing to protect inner electrical components from adverse environmental conditions and a lower assembly to house electrical components, one or more conductors that pass through at least the lower assembly. Each conductor includes a first end to electrica...