US Patent Issued to HUBBELL on June 23 for "Watertight box and adapter" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,404, issued on June 23, was assigned to HUBBELL Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Watertight box and adapter" was invented by Michael Jay Zbriger (Seymour, Conn.), Joseph Nicholas Cretella (Ansonia, Conn.), Roy Joseph Itzler (Orange, Conn.) and Joseph Anthony DiMaria (Waterbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical assembly is constructed for mounting an electrical wiring device at an incline with respect to a support. The assembly includes a mounting bracket for receiving and supporting the electrical wiring device. The mounting bracket is received in a recess open end of a support, such as the open end of an adapter for an elec...