ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,447, issued on June 17.
"Connecting system for tensile elements" was invented by Raphael Schlanger (Wilton, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting system for a tensile element including a longitudinal tensile element and a connector. The connector has an external connector surface and an internal cavity with an internal surface with a pre-formed lateral connector surface extending generally laterally inwardly. The internal cavity sleevably overlaps at the tensile element in an overlap region. The connector is crimped to create a crimped joinder between the connector and tensile element where a portion of the external conne...