ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,945, issued on April 29, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Clamping connector" was invented by Kyle Koseck (South Salt Lake, Utah) and Brian L. Counts (Menominee, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The clamping connector includes first and second shell members, each including a tab and a protrusion extending from a first side, and a hinge aperture on a second side. The protrusion of the first shell member extends into a tab aperture of the tab of the second shell member and when the first shell member is secured to the second shell member the protrusion of the second shell member extends into a tab aperture of...