ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,108, issued on May 12, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Wire processing device" was invented by David Alan College (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire holding device comprises a base and a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly includes a first gripper attached to the base and adapted to grip a first wire of a cable, and a second gripper adapted to grip a second wire of the cable. The second gripper is movable relative to, and operable independently of, the first gripper."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/962,027.

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