ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,490, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Force Global-ROPEX America LLC (Germantown, Wis.).

"Split bus assembly for heat-seal tool" was invented by Michael Parkinson (Hubertus, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split bus assembly is provided for a heat-sealing machine. The split bus assembly includes a clamp with first and second clamp segments that abut each other in face-to-face engagement. The engaging surfaces or inner walls of the clamp segments may be coated with a nonconductive material so that the clamp segments are electrically insulated with respect to each other. A tab terminal may be defined at each inner wall, const...