ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,404, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HVAC South LLC (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

"Capacitor for multiple replacement applications" was invented by Robert M. Stockman (Palm Coast, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus suitable for use in an air-conditioning system and configured to provide a plurality of selectable capacitance values includes a plurality of capacitive devices and a pressure interrupter cover assembly. Each of the capacitive devices has a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The pressure interrupter cover assembly includes a deformable cover, a set of capacitor cover terminals, a common c...