ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,208, issued on June 10, was assigned to HUBBELL Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Ratcheting cable clamp" was invented by Evan Martin (Litchfield, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp including a body having a top portion hinged to a bottom portion, each of the top portion and the bottom portion including a rounded inner surface for receiving an elongated element, a ratchet on the top portion having a plurality of teeth, an opening in the bottom portion for removably receiving the ratchet, and a retaining assembly for adjustably engaging a portion of the plurality of teeth in the opening, the retaining assembly being releasable without ...