ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,357, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Solderless wire connector" was invented by John E. Klein (Chandler, Ariz.) and Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire connector includes an outer shell with a wire cavity therein, a plurality of raised ribs on the surface of the outer shell, each of the raised ribs having a rib cap overmolded on to a top surface with a gap between the rib cap corresponding to each of the raised ribs and the rib cap corresponding to each adjacent raised rib. Two leverage wings may extend outward from the outer shell on opposing sides. A wire s...