US Patent Issued to Hubbell on April 22 for "Tap plugs configured to ensure thread-to-thread contact before housing-to-housing contact" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,773, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Tap plugs configured to ensure thread-to-thread contact before housing-to-housing contact" was invented by David Charles Hughes (Aiken, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tap plug for engaging a conductor lug and a stud is provided. The tap plug includes a housing, a first member, and a second member. The housing has an inner bore defining a longitudinal axis. The first member is in the inner bore and is rotatable with respect to the housing about the longitudinal axis. The first member has an external thread at a first end, where the external thread engages t...