ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,220, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hubbell Power Systems INC. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Outer sheath/buffer tube cable slitter" was invented by Will Eisele (Cromwell, Conn.) and Brian Bourgoin (Cromwell, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable sheath slitting tool comprising first and second opposing tool frame members wherein at least a portion of the tool frame members are movable toward and away from one another, a pair of opposing blades securable on the respective tool frame member, the blades having a blade tip extending toward each other and are movable toward and away from each other and a first and second tray securable on ...