US Patent Issued to APQS on Jan. 28 for "Smart motor controlled quilting machine" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,341, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to APQS INC. (Carroll, Iowa).

"Smart motor controlled quilting machine" was invented by Mike Moore (Carroll, Iowa) and Nathaniel Moore (Carroll, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A longarm quilting machine having a frame with an upper arm and a lower arm. A needle bar drive mechanism configured to be combined with a needle is combined with a portion of the upper arm and a bobbin hook assembly configured to be combined with a bobbin is combined with a portion of the lower arm. A needle motor is operatively combined with the needle bar drive mechanism and configured to provide torque to the needle...