ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,346, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH (Waldkraiburg, Germany).

"Crimping device and crimping method" was invented by Johann Friesinger (Rechtmehring, Germany), Markus Wallner (Ramerberg, Germany), Georg Oberreitmeier (Mettenheim, Germany) and Walter Lang (Waldkraiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crimping device for securing a crimp barrel on a conductor of a cable includes a crimper, an anvil that interacts with the crimper, a cutter, a cutter actuator and a holding sheet. The cutter has a receiving surface configured to receive a cable dielectric enclosing the conductor. The cutter actuator is config...