ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,466, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HellermannTyton GmbH & Co. KG (Tornesch, Germany).
"Cable tie tightening device with cutting functionality" was invented by Moritz Masuch (Ellerbek, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are cable tie tightening devices with cutting functionality, including a gripping unit configured to grip and pull a cable tie strap until an adjustable force limit is reached, a cutting unit configured to cut the strap, an actuator unit configured to automatically actuate gripping and cutting units, a force adjusting unit configured to adjust the adjustable force limit, where the gripping unit is atta...