ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,236, issued on June 30, was assigned to Gebwire LLC (Black Diamond, Wash.).

"Grounded foldable electrical cable clamp" was invented by James Henry Finn III (Graham, Wash.) and Fraser McKay (Black Diamond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing and installing electrical wire connector clamps that may be inserted into knockout holes of an electrical box or panel, that are capable of holding multiple wires or cables, that may be run through the connector before it is slotted into the knockout hole, that may be used to ground the incoming cable to the electrical box or panel, and that use o...