ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,183, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HUBBELL Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Single person wedge clamp" was invented by Seydou Diop (Hoover, Ala.), Adrian Beau Candelaria (Montevallo, Ala.) and Joshua Chapman Carter (Birmingham, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dead-end clamp assembly for a utility conductor includes a clamp body having a base with a front end and a rear end, a first jaw guide extending from the base, and a second jaw guide extending from the base. The base, first jaw guide, and second jaw guide at least partially define a trough. A first jaw movably engages the body and a second jaw movably engages the body. The fir...