ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,861, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Fiber optic dead-end cable clamp with a jaw actuator assembly between a jaw member and a cavity-defining-body base" was invented by Nicole Leigh Alves (Fall River, Mass.) and Rabih M. Al Ghossein (Hoover, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp assembly includes a body having a jaw receiving cavity. A jaw actuator assembly is positioned within the jaw receiving cavity. A first jaw member is positioned within a first jaw guide associated with the body and the jaw receiving cavity and is operatively coupled to the jaw actuator assembly. A second jaw member is p...