US Patent Issued to Hubbell on Sept. 8 for "Lightweight molded covers and plates" (Tennessee, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,501, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Lightweight molded covers and plates" was invented by Lemuel David Fagan (Lenoir City, Tenn.), Keith Alden Chudley (Knoxville, Tenn.), Ernest Stephen Forsten (Fleming Island, Fla.) and Jason David Estes (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cover for a utility vault and a method for making such covers. The cover is formed from fiberglass reinforcement layers, a low-density core, and a polymer mix matrix. The reinforcement layers include a bottom reinforcement layer, one or more edge reinforcement layers, and a top reinforcement layer. A ...