ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,720, issued on April 7, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Connector for coaxial cable that is structurally configured to allow unidirectional rotation of cable gripping portion" was invented by Henry Sauvain (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes: a first portion; a second portion; and a cable gripping portion. The cable gripping portion is structurally configured to allow rotation of the cable gripping portion relative to the second portion in a second rotational direction to permit tightening of the second portion to a third portion; and the cable gripping portion is struct...