ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,682, issued on May 19, was assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Cable termination and method" was invented by Jordan Buchanan (Ulverston, Great Britain), Christopher Burrow (Ulverston, Great Britain) and Daniel Walton (Carnforth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea connector cable termination system for terminating a cable comprises a cable core (12) and a cable sheath (11). The termination system comprises a crimp component, the crimp component comprising a crimp body and further comprising two or more integral conductive resilient members (14) adapted to be mounted radially outwardly of the ca...