US Patent Issued to Hubbell on May 27 for "Electrical connector with tethered sealing caps" (Connecticut, Ohio, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,046, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Electrical connector with tethered sealing caps" was invented by Andrew John Schneck (Cincinnati), Chad Wesley Chesser (Red Level, Ala.) and Kyle Howard Tyler (Eastford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A submersible cable connector for connecting a plurality of cable ends is provided. The submersible cable connector includes a connector body and an encapsulation member covering the connector body. The connector body has one or more cable receiving apertures or cavities and one or more fastener receiving apertures in communication with the cable receiving aper...