ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,200, issued on July 21, was assigned to HELLERMANNTYTON (PTY) Ltd. (Johannesburg).
"Cable gland" was invented by Peter Don Phillips (Pretoria, Canada) and Barend Hercules Philippus Swanepoel (Pretoria, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable gland comprises has a body defining a passage, a sealing arrangement and a cable gripping member. The passage is configured to receive a cable having a surface. The sealing arrangement and the cable gripping member are locatable in the passage. The body has a sealing surface and a seal abutment surface adjacent the passage. The sealing arrangement has a seal, a seal deforming member and a l...