ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,917, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Solderless wire connector" was invented by John E. Klein (Chandler, Ariz.) and Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire connector that has a body with a closed end and an open end, a wire cavity within the open end, and a plurality of grip assemblies positioned around the body. The wire cavity is configured to rotatably couple to one or more wires. Each of the grip assemblies may have a raised rib extending between the closed end and the open end, a groove extending into the raised rib, and a rib cap shaped and positioned to ...