ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,082, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hubbell Ltd. (London).
"Cable glands with multiple seal positions" was invented by Andrew James Tindall (Greater Manchester, Great Britain), Lawrence Murray Lonergan (Greater Manchester, Great Britain) and Carl Jackson (Greater Manchester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable gland (1) comprising: an entry component (2) sized to fit through an orifice in a surface and having a flange (11) arranged to bear against the surface around the orifice; a middle component (3) in threaded engagement with the entry component (2); and a back component (4) in threaded engagement with the midd...