US Patent Issued to Leviton Manufacturing on July 7 for "Wire terminals and method of uses" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,432, issued on July 7, was assigned to Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Wire terminals and method of uses" was invented by Michael Kamor (North Massapequa, N.Y.), Ronald Jansen (Ridgewood, N.Y.), Kelly Tyler (Levittown, N.Y.), Nicholas Pilato (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and Stephen Aaron (East Patchogue, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to wire terminals and/or termination mechanisms arranged and configured for use with a wiring device. The wire terminals may be used in any suitable line-voltage wiring device. The wire terminals are arranged and configured to selectively receive a distal end...