ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,932, issued on June 2, was assigned to RAYCAP S.A. (Athens, Greece).

"Surge protective device assembly modules" was invented by George Peppas (Kalloni Troizinias, Greece), Alex Chorozoglou (Drama, Greece), Kostas Bakatsias (Athens, Greece), Elias Fermelis (Koropi, Greece) and Zafiris G. Politis (St. Stefanos, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surge protective device (SPD) assembly module includes a polymeric outer enclosure, an SPD module, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The polymeric outer enclosure defines an enclosed, environmentally sealed enclosure chamber. The SPD module is disposed in the enclosure chamber. The S...