ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,596, issued on July 1, was assigned to ZEDEL (Crolles, France).

"Camming clamping device and method for manufacturing one such device and method for replacing a wire element of one such device" was invented by Pierre Plaze (Chignin, France), Aurelie Bergez (Gieres, France) and Alain Maurice (Plateau des Petites Roches, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camming clamping device comprising: a head sub-assembly including a head provided with a cam and a rod sub-assembly having a rod and at least one wire element. The wire element passes through the rod. The rod delineates a through hole designed to receive a connector. The wire elem...