US Patent Issued to ERICO International on May 19 for "Grounding connector" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,683, issued on May 19, was assigned to ERICO International Corp. (Solon, Ohio).

"Grounding connector" was invented by Dale Boling (Avon, Ohio), Christian Barcey (Streetsboro, Ohio), Thomas Bendlak (Macedonia, Ohio), Brent Wilmoth (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Gregory Dean Holder (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding connector can include a connector body and a shear bolt. The connector body can have a recess sized to receive one or more conductors and a threaded portion. The shear bolt can be sized to engage the threaded portion of the connector body to secure the one or more conductors within the recess. When t...