ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,369, issued on May 13, was assigned to ALUTEC Co. LTD (Nonsan-si, South Korea).

"Aluminum plate coiling device" was invented by Do Bong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Woo Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seong Heon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum plate coiling device capable of coiling an extruded and rolled aluminum plate without generating distortion or deformation of the aluminum plate is disclosed. The aluminum plate coiling device has a simple structure, thereby being capable of achieving a reduction in installation space and a reduction in installation cost."

The patent was filed on Oct. 19,...