ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,392, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).
"Conductor having an inner conductor engager" was invented by Timothy N. Tremba (Cayuta, N.Y.) and Harold J. Watkins (Chittenango, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes: (i) an inner conductor engager comprising at least one tab being flexible to define an opening engager, (ii) a driver configured to drive the inner conductor engager to a desired position along the inner conductor, and (iii) a housing coupled to the inner conductor engager. The opening is configured to receive an inner conductor of a coaxial cable and extends through ...