US Patent Issued to SHOALS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP on Aug. 18 for "Lead assembly with an integral fuse" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,141, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SHOALS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LLC (Portland, Tenn.).

"Lead assembly with an integral fuse" was invented by Dorothy Michael (Greenbrier, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead assembly may include a feeder cable, a drop line, and a clip. The feeder cable may be configured to electrically couple to a power device for power delivery. The drop line may be electrically coupled to the feeder cable at a nexus. The drop line may include a fuse positioned proximate the nexus. The clip may be configured to mechanically couple to the feeder cable and the fuse to orient the fuse substantially parallel to ...