US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on Dec. 16 for "No-cut underground flood seal" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,372, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"No-cut underground flood seal" was invented by Chester P. Piechowiak (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Matthew D. Cawood (DeLeon Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing system includes: at least one sheath having a sheath cable entrance, a sheath cable exit, and a sheath cable passage extending from the sheath cable entrance to the sheath cable exit. A first sheath section has a first sheath section diameter. A second sheath section has a second sheath section diameter. The second sheath section diameter is larger than the first sheath section diamet...