US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Jan. 13 for "Cable gland for use in hazardous environments" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,778, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Cable gland for use in hazardous environments" was invented by Himanshu Gangadhar Khokle (Pune, India) and Rahul Dattatray Sawant (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable gland for use in a hazardous environment that includes a hub body having an opening extending therethrough. A gland nut is configured to engage an end of the hub body to define an inner cavity. The gland nut has a first inner annular step and a second inner annular step. A seal, ring and spring are disposed in the inner cavity. The spring is disposed in the inner cavity betwee...