ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,377, issued on March 17, was assigned to GUANGDONG ANNUO NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Nanhai District, China).

"Fire and explosion proof structure for high-voltage cable joint and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Qida Zhong (Nanhai District, China) and Yining Zhong (Nanhai District, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire and explosion proof structure for a high-voltage cable joint includes a fire and explosion proof blanket for wrapping the high-voltage cable joint, a locking mechanism for fixing the fire and explosion proof blanket to the high-voltage cable joint, and an explosion proof net cover for wrappin...