ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,454, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).
"Connector for hardline coaxial cable" was invented by Eric J. Purdy (Constantia, N.Y.) and Noah P. Montena (Syracuse, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial cable connector includes a nut housing having a rearward cable receiving end and a forward end opposite said rearward end, a front nut assembly coupled to the forward end of the nut housing, and a conductive metal tubular insert shaft supported within the nut housing or the front nut assembly. The front nut assembly includes an entry body housing and a conductive terminal pin extending from a ...