US Patent Issued to HUBBELL on June 2 for "Electrical terminal and assembly" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,865, issued on June 2, was assigned to HUBBELL Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Electrical terminal and assembly" was invented by Craig Lawson (Milford, Ohio) and Eric Miller (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical terminal includes a body with a first opening for receiving an electrical conductor and a second opening for coupling the electrical terminal to an electrically conducting member. The second opening has a first open portion with an inner dimension to receive a first fastener and a second open portion with an inner dimension different than the first open portion. The second open portion is configured to recei...