ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,282, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schneider Electric (China) Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Junction box for switchgear and switchgear" was invented by Huaying Li (Beijing) and Kun Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A junction box for a switchgear includes: a base arranged within the switchgear, and an output end coupled to the base that includes supply busbars each arranged within the base in a lateral direction, and adapted to be electrically connected to a primary incoming plug of a plurality of drawers at any position along the busbar in the lateral direction to allow power supply to the drawer. An input end includes adapter...