US Patent Issued to LEVITON MANUFACTURING on Nov. 11 for "Insulation displacement contact capable of securely terminating a wide range of electrical conductors" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,989, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LEVITON MANUFACTURING Co. INC. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Insulation displacement contact capable of securely terminating a wide range of electrical conductors" was invented by Jeffrey A. Poulsen (Bothell, Wash.) and Charles R Bragg (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulation displacement contact (IDC) is capable of securely terminating wires having a wide range of diameters. The IDC is also designed to withstand repeated terminations of wires having diameters at the large end of the supported size range while remaining capable of securely terminating wires having diameters at the smal...