ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,367, issued on July 14, was assigned to SOCIETA' PER AZIONI CURTI-COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE (Castel Bolognese, Italy).

"Apparatus and process for removing an end portion of the shielding foil of a shielded electric cable" was invented by Nicola Farolfi (Castel Bolognese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10) for removing an end portion (3a) of the shielding foil (3) of a shielded electric cable (1) is described, wherein an end portion (1a) of said cable (1) has at least one shielding foil (3) which covers at least one conductor (2, 20) equipped with a covering layer (5, 50), wherein at least one end portion (3a) of said...