ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,530, issued on May 26, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).
"Method for crimping an electrical cable and electrical cable" was invented by Olivier De Cloet (Bensheim, Germany) and Turgay Yilmaz (Bensheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for crimping an electrical cable with a shielding braid and an insulation enclosing the shielding braid includes removing the insulation at a predetermined area to expose an exposed portion of the shielding braid. The method includes crimping an inner crimp sleeve, comprising a pair of opposing crimp flanks, one of the crimp flanks has a locking latch and th...