ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,959, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Electrical connector processing machine" was invented by Anthony L. Swann (Lancaster, Pa.), David D. Wiltraut (Palmyra, Pa.), Jeffrey Zerbe (Bressler, Pa.), Edward T. Price III (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) and Sun Kyu Pak (Harrisburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector processing machine includes a contact feeding mechanism at a contact loading station having a dereeler configured to support a contact reel having a strip of contacts and a feed device configured to feed the contacts from the contact loading station to a contact stacking station....