ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,697, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Apparatus for removing foil shield from cable" was invented by Matthew Steven Houser (Middletown, Pa.), Joseph Stachura (Middletown, Pa.), Mark Andrew Ondo (Middletown, Pa.), Matthew Orlowski (Middletown, Pa.), Amgad Ghaly (Middletown, Pa.) and Alexandra Spitler (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing a foil shield from a cable comprises an induction coil for inductively heating the foil shield of the cable, a cable feeding device for selectively passing the cable through the induction coil, a cutting blade for selecti...