ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,339, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH (Ottobrunn, Germany).
"Sheath-bonding link box" was invented by Alexander Eigner (Ottobrunn, Germany) and Mario Richter (Ottobrunn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath-bonding link box includes a housing forming an enclosure defining an interior space. A plurality of electrically conductive connectors extend through the housing between an exterior of the enclosure and the interior space. The plurality of connectors each have an internal connecting portion positioned inside of the interior space and an external portion positioned outside of the enclosure. ...