ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,508, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TYCO ELECTRONICS-SIMEL (Gevrey-Chambertin, France).
"Insulation-piercing connector" was invented by Julien Dossmann (Gevrey-Chambertin, France), Bruno Peltier (Gevrey-Chambertin, France) and Alexandre Guichard (Gevrey-Chambertin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable connector assembly includes a pair of sub-assemblies movable in translation relative to each other along a clamping direction and a tightening device tightening the sub-assemblies along the clamping direction. Each of the sub-assemblies is pivotable relative to a pivot axis extending perpendicular to the clamping direction....