US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on Sept. 8 for "Grounding ring" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,946, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Grounding ring" was invented by William K. Longcor (Newton, N.J.), Michael W. SantaMaria (Washington, N.J.), Ian C. Waleck (Milford, Pa.), Arthur L. Havrilla (Washington, N.J.), Aaron M. Motes (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Matthew D. Cawood (DeLeon Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding ring includes: a first clamping member having a radially inward side and a radially outward side, the radially outward side at least in part defining a channel; and a second clamping member disposable within the channel so as to prohibit the second clamping memb...