ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,037, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Isolation barrier systems" was invented by David Gackstetter (Rockford, Ill.) and Robert C. Cooney (Janesville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a chassis and a multilayer structure disposed within the chassis, the multilayer structure configured to attract and electrically isolate an arc. The multilayer structure can include one or more outer layers configured and adapted to attract the arc and an inner layer configured and adapted to electrically isolate the arc. The one or more outer layers can include a first outer layer ...