ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,374, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MINKELS B.V. (AC Veghel, Netherlands), LEGRAND SNC (Limoges, France) and LEGRAND FRANCE (Limoges, France).

"Sealing element for sealing a passage for a cable assembly through a wall, and its use in housing for accommodating devices such as electrical, electronic and optical devices" was invented by Bastiaan Rutgers (AA Veghel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing element 2 for sealing a passage for a cable assembly 3 through a wall 11c is described. The sealing element 2 has a first member 21 and a second member 22 mutually coupled by a sleeve 24 made of flexible material. The fir...