ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,248, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to PFLITSCH GMBH & Co. KG (Huckeswagen, Germany).
"Cable gland, use of a cable gland contact element" was invented by Martin Lechner (Lindlar, Germany) and Robert Von Otte (Schalksmuhle, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable gland including a component and at least one contact element. The at least one contact element includes a plurality of substantially geometrically identically shaped windings. Each winding includes a retaining section for electrically contacting the component surrounding the contact element, at least one supporting section for electrically contacting a shield of a lon...