ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,394, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Multi-use connector for tracer wire" was invented by John Kenneth Carrozzo Jr. (Torrington, Conn.), Michael Constatin von Kannewurff (Middlebury, Conn.) and Stephen Andrew Skolozdra (Terryville, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Trace wire connectors that include a cover that can be attached to a base and used to electrically interconnect two or more tracer wires without having to remove insulation from the tracer wires. The cover has multiple portals that permit one or more tracer wires to pass into an inner cavity of the cover. The base has multiple cradles ...