ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,084, issued on May 12, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Coaxial connector with grounding and retention" was invented by Jordan Caviness (Liverpool, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable connector including: a body; a nose having a forward nose portion, a rearward nose portion that is configured to be coupled with the body, and a recessed nose portion; a coupler configured to be coupled with the forward nose portion; a conductor configured to be supported in the body and the nose portion; and a biasing portion configured to be received in the recessed nose portion. The coupler is configured to be rotatab...