ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,377, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Multi-core cable untwisting device" was invented by Miyuki Kawasaki (Takarazuka, Japan) and Yoshiki Takahashi (Takarazuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-core cable untwisting device for simultaneously pulling out a sheath while correcting kinks in electric wires, wherein an object is to be able to correct kinks more desirably than with conventional techniques. A multi-core cable untwisting device (1) includes: a retention clamp (11) configured to retain a non-tip portion (5B) of a sheath (5); a gripping clamp (26) configured to grip a shea...