ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,464, issued on July 7, was assigned to Enstall US Inc. (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

"Mountable electrical enclosure with conduit passthrough" was invented by Duane Menton (Vallejo, Calif.), Bryan R. Falk (Chandler, Ariz.), Susan E. Stark (Branchville, N.J.), Yann Schwarz (Oakland, Calif.) and Jon Ash (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A junction box mountable on a roof surface, comprising a housing unit and an enclosing unit, the housing unit and the enclosing unit combining to form a waterproof assembly. The housing unit is mountable to a roof surface via a flashing having a continuous, raised waterproofing track that mates with a wa...