ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,895, issued on July 28, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Channel nut holder with polymer housing" was invented by Vishal Khot (Pune, India), Dinkar Benake (Pune, India), Vedant Hule (Pune, India) and Veerangowda Patil (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A channel nut holder includes a polymer body having a central axis, top surface, plurality of side surfaces, and a bottom surface. A channel nut opening is positioned between the side surfaces. The channel nut opening is configured to receive a channel nut. The channel nut holder further includes a spring back mechanism having a plurality of gripping fla...