ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,701, issued on March 31, was assigned to S&C Electric Co. (Chicago).

"Epoxy over-molded capacitor assembly" was invented by Nicholas Seng (Chicago), Goran Djogo (Mount Prospect, Ill.), Daniel Desmond (Chicago), Thomas S. Kelley (Highland Park, Ill.), Michael R. Maroney (Chicago), Kyle A Weaver (Chicago) and Andrew J. Steveson (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device including a first cylindrical capacitor, a first terminal electrically coupled to one end of the first capacitor, a first electrical line electrically coupled to the first terminal and a first annular conductive end shield formed over the first termin...