ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,551, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Cable bending system" was invented by Zongjie Tao (Shanghai), Jian Cao (Shanghai), Lvhai Hu (Shanghai), Dandan Zhang (Shanghai) and Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable bending system comprises at least one bending module. The bending module includes an active actuator having a first body, and an active rod mounted in the first body. The active rod is movable in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of a cable to be bent. A p...