ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,140, issued on May 20, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).
"Additively manufactured cable gland" was invented by Rhythm Mehra (Amritsar, India), Himanshu Gangadhar Khokle (Nagpur, India) and Jayram Shivajirao Desai (Kolhapur, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A union body for a cable gland includes a body having a generally cylindrical shape defining an interior surface and a passage extending though the body from a first end to a second end of the body. A groove is formed on the interior surface of the body. The groove is configured to mate with an exterior surface of a cable received in the passage of the body...