ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,413, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AIRBORN LLC.
"Cable connector with filler cap" was invented by Ryan Strider (Georgetown, Texas), Kevin Traugott (Georgetown, Texas), Matt Gold (Little Falls, Minn.) and William Rhea (Georgetown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved connector for an electrical cable and method therefor employs a filler cap that provides a seal for protecting the connector against intrusion of unwanted materials. The filler cap may be a planar filler cap in some embodiments, or the filler cap may be a right-angle filler cap in some embodiments suitable for low-profile right-angle connectors. In some e...