ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,979, issued on May 13, was assigned to LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH (Kitzingen, Germany).

"Clip module for positioning a clip at a predefined assembly position of a cable run, and assembly head comprising such a clip module" was invented by Ralph Polonyi (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip module is used for automatically positioning a clip at any angular position on a cable run. The clip module has a gripper having gripping elements for gripping the clip. These gripping elements can be adjusted between an open position and a gripping position by a control mechanism. Furthermore, a delivery unit is provided by whi...