ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,587, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Onanon Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Robotic wire termination system" was invented by Dennis J. Johnson (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic wire termination system for efficiently connecting a plurality of wires to an electrical connector. The robotic wire termination system generally includes a frame, a connector support attached to the frame, a robot manipulator having at least one arm, a heating device attached to the at least one arm and a control unit in communication with the robot manipulator to control the operation of the robot manipulator. The arm of the robot manipul...