ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,356, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).
"Systems and methods for flat cable installation" was invented by Mark E. Davidsz (Oak Creek, Wis.), Michael S. Baran (Milwaukee), Shravan Rajmohan (Bengaluru, India), Douglas J. Carpiaux (Milwaukee) and Scott H. Micoley (Plymouth, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for aligning a ribbon cable relative to an electrical connector to crimp the electrical connector onto the ribbon cable with a tool. The device includes a side portion and a central piece. The side portion includes an upper end and a cable track ha...