US Patent Issued to PPC BROADBAND on Aug. 4 for "Cable reel configured to absorb forces impacting a perimeter wall of the reel to prevent breakage" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,179, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Cable reel configured to absorb forces impacting a perimeter wall of the reel to prevent breakage" was invented by Daniel Daoust (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Amos McKinnon (Liverpool, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable reel may include a first reel portion configured to hold a bundle of cable, and a second reel portion configured to be coupled with the first reel portion and to retain the bundle of cable on the first reel portion. The second reel portion may include a first impact portion radially outward of a hub portion and a second impact portion rad...