US Patent Issued to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al on Oct. 20 for "Insulation piercing connector assemblies with captive cable end caps" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,050, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Insulation piercing connector assemblies with captive cable end caps" was invented by Julien Dossmann (Brochon, France), Austin Draughn (Garner, N.C.) and George Pullium III (Garner, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly includes an insulation piercing connector having a pair of clamping jaws. At least one of the jaws includes at least one electrically conductive piercing member, and a male connector member extending outwardly from one of the clamping jaws. A clamping mechanism is configured to for...