ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,200, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).
"Wire rope" was invented by Takaya Hashimoto (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire rope includes a strand that is formed by winding a plurality of metal wires. The strand includes a core wire and side wires. Each of the side wires is arranged on an outer periphery of the core wire. In a transverse section of the strand, each of the side wires includes end portions positioned at opposite ends in a circumferential direction of the core wire. Each of the end portions includes a contact portion in contact with an end portion of an adjacent side wire...