ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,996, issued on March 24.
"Junction box connector with watertight gland" was invented by Nicholas Ryan Collins (Severn, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A junction box connector is disclosed with a gland specially formed to provide a watertight seal for service entrance cables being passed through electrical junction box walls. The junction box connector includes a central connector and a hexagonal connector housing, with the central connector receiving and holding the gland when the hexagonal connector housing is threaded onto the central connector. The gland has an irregularly shaped passage formed to match the irregular cross-se...