ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,368, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hirschmann Automotive GmbH (Rankweil/Brederis, Austria).
"Protective cap" was invented by Andreas Metzler (Muntlix, Austria), Markus Kalb (Dornbirn, Austria) and Matthias Summer (Rankweil, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a protective cap (1 or 1a) for arranging on a cable, a corrugated pipe, or the like. The protective cap (1 or 1a) consists of two parts (4 or 4a, 5 or 5a), in particular two identical halves, wherein the two parts (4 or 4a, 5 or 5a) are connected together via a film hinge (6 or 6a), and at least one latch geometry (7 or 7a) is provided which conn...