ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,237, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Bond-degradation device for testing EMI/lightning susceptibility and emission suppression" was invented by Stephen Straight (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Robert C. Hoeckele (Granby, Conn.), Constantinos J. Mantis (Westfield, Mass.) and Savannah Nadine Ibatuan (Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a bond-degradation device for testing EMI susceptibility and/or emission suppression of an electrical control system that includes a shielded cable assembly. The bond-degradation device includes a resistive annulus ...