US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on Feb. 18 for "Hygienic electrical fitting with seal members" (Mississippi, Wisconsin, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,912, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Hygienic electrical fitting with seal members" was invented by Omar Alfredo Lopez (Nesbit, Miss.), Jeffery John Battani (Waterford, Wis.) and Jacob Stewart Caldwell (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid-tight fitting includes a connector, a seal, and a fastener member. The connector has a first and a second end, a shoulder located between the first and second ends, and a segment that extends from the shoulder to the first end. The segment has an outer surface. The seal has an inner surface in contact with the outer surface of the segment, ...