ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,684, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Burndy LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Cover for high voltage electrical connector" was invented by Nicholas Polidori (Medford, N.J.) and Jeremy Jushchyshyn (Willow Grove, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism particularly adapted to lock a cover of an electrical connector which connects an electrical transmission conductor to a distribution conductor. The locking mechanism includes a tip portion, a spiral portion, a holding portion, and an engagement portion, where the tip portion has a smaller cross-sectional area than the spiral portion and where the engagement portion is a widest po...