ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,238, issued on March 25.

"Optical fiber winding machine with full-time tension control function" was invented by Ching-Lu Hsieh (New Taipei, Taiwan), Shih-Ju Fan (New Taipel, Taiwan) and Hung-Pin Chung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber winding machine with full-time tension control function is provided. The machine includes a first wire storage ring, a first tension sensing module, a first revolution plate, a first rotary servo motor, a first moving assembly, a plurality of first docking elements, a plurality of first electrical connection modules, a second wire storage ring, a second tension sensing...