US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Solutions on March 4 for "Cutting arm for a cable preparation machine" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,127, issued on March 4, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Cutting arm for a cable preparation machine" was invented by Michael Morris (Middletown, Pa.) and Thomas Emery Backenstoes (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting arm includes a base having a post receiving passageway extending through the base, a cutting assembly attached to the base, and a sliding plate attached to the base and movable with respect to the base between an engaging position and a releasing position. The sliding plate engages a post disposed in the post receiving passageway in the engaging position and releasably s...