ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,829, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Molded conduit penetration seal" was invented by Darren Tremelling (Raleigh, N.C.), Sheng Zhong (Raleigh, N.C.) and Matthew Hetrich (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit seal that serves to connect conduits between different environments while providing sufficient insulation to mitigate condensation and molding issues. The conduit seal can also provide grounding continuity with an electrical conducting insert, thereby providing electrical continuity across a thermal barrier between the environments. The conduit seal includes a through-hole...