US Patent Issued to Amphenol on Nov. 18 for "Methods and apparatus for supporting wires in openings" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,444, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Amphenol Corp. (Wallingford, Conn.).

"Methods and apparatus for supporting wires in openings" was invented by Dimitri Laflamme (Longueuil, Canada), Mathieu Desjardins (Montreal), Jeremi Proulx (Boucherville, Canada) and Rachid Ouallou (Chambly, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Support structures and methods for securing at least one element, such as a wire or bundle of wires, in an opening of a panel or other structure. A support assembly may comprise a grommet having an opening to accommodate the at least one element and a bushing configured to clamp around an outer surface of the grommet...