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Is a wire stripper patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a wire stripper have been patented many times, but "a wire stripper" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 218 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “wire strip” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 208 best keyword matches we examined, 72 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORP (8), KOMAX HOLDING AG (4), IDEAL IND (4), ZHANG XIAOZHONG (4).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): H02G (183), Y10T (18), H01R (16), B25B (14).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a wire stripper
- Solar wire stripper with non-aligned stripping holes US-2025047081-A1 2025 · KLEIN TOOLS INC
A hand tool for stripping wire includes a first handle and a second handle. The hand tool includes a first base member having a first jaw section and a second base member having a second jaw section. The hand tool includes a clamp…
View on Google Patents - Wire Strippers US-2025300438-A1 2025 · MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORP
A tool for cutting wires is provided. The tool includes a first member with a first handle and a first jaw body and a second member with a second handle and a second jaw body. The first jaw body includes a first inner blade and a …
View on Google Patents - Wire stripper US-11811201-B2 2023 · RENNSTEIG WERKZEUGE GMBH
A wire stripper for stripping cables has two plier jaws, two outer clamping jaws, two inner cutting jaws, and two gripping parts. The cutting jaws can be displaced from a starting position into an end position by a pull rod while …
View on Google Patents - Adjustable wire stripper US-10630062-B2 2020 · RIPLEY TOOLS LLC
An adjustable wire stripper has a jaw for positioning a length of cable, a tool body for tangentially contacting the cable, a blade having a cantilevered loading ramp for cutting the insulation off the cable, and a blade angle adj…
View on Google Patents - Wire stripper US-8739657-B2 2014 · KOMAX HOLDING AG
A wire stripper detects contact between a core wire of an electric wire and stripping blades and detects if the electric wire is cut short. The wire stripper includes a signal analyzer circuit that measures an impedance through th…
View on Google Patents - Diagonal cutter and wire stripper tool US-2013333225-A1 2013 · THORSEN TOOLS INC
A hand tool includes two levers pivotably coupled at a fulcrom, each lever reciprocal to one another, and each lever including a handle at a lower end and a jaw at an upper end. The jaw includes an edge, and the edge includes a st…
View on Google Patents - Wire and cable stripper US-2011138629-A1 2011 · LIU JEN KAI
Embodiments of the invention relate to a wire and cable stripper for cutting the insulation layer off from a wire or a cable. The benefits of the wire and cable stripper include offering a wire or cable cutter that has simple cons…
View on Google Patents - Angled wire strippers US-8074536-B1 2011 · ALLEN LARRY
A pair of wire strippers with a specially designed tip to allow stripping of type NM or NMC cable inside of electrical boxes is herein disclosed. The upper portion of the tip, is bent at a ninety degree (90°) angle to the main bod…
View on Google Patents - Wire stripper which can be automatically adapted to different conductor cross sections US-7513177-B2 2009 · HOFMANN HORST
The invention relates to wire-stripping pliers with an automatic adaptation to various wire gauges and insulation thicknesses that has two pairs of pivotable jaws of which the jaws of the first, outer pair are configured as grippe…
View on Google Patents - Precision hand-held wire stripper US-7017448-B2 2006 · IDEAL IND
A wire stripper has a blade handle, a gripper handle, a blade jaw and a gripper jaw all pivotally connected at a main pivot pin that is offset from the mating faces of the jaws. Movable and floating cutting blades mounted on the b…
View on Google Patents - Cable sheathing slitter for a wire stripper tool US-6745473-B2 2004
A cable sheathing slitter attachment for a wire stripper tool. The cable sheathing slitter attachment is preferably integrally formed of sheet metal and a blade member and a guard member. The blade member includes a blade portion …
View on Google Patents - Cable and wire stripper US-2003188432-A1 2003
A tool for stripping the sheath from a cable including a plunger slidably positioned in a housing. A cable opening in the side is provided enabling a user to position the cable between a roller inside the housing and the end surfa…
View on Google Patents - Wire and cable stripper US-6662450-B1 2003
A tool manipulating device includes a combination of depth setting, length adjusting and workpiece clamp members provided on a longitudinal hand-held handle. The depth setting member has a blade assembly that extends perpendicular…
View on Google Patents - Wire stripper for sheathed electrical cables US-6220119-B1 2001
Stripping tongs for sheathed electrical cables (K) have two tong arms ( 1, 2 ) that can pivot toward one another about a common pivoting shaft ( 3 ), counter to a restoring spring the tongs further having cable cross-cutters ( 4, …
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a wire stripper been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Tools and office products differ in grips, adjustment mechanisms, and how blades or bits are held and changed.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.