ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,693, issued on March 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Sewing machine and embroidery device" was invented by Eiichi Hamajima (Kasugai, Japan) and Masakazu Nakano (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sewing machine includes a sewing unit including a sewing machine motor, a single terminal for connecting a foot controller to the sewing machine, and a controller that controls the sewing unit. When the foot controller is not connected to the sewing machine, the single terminal allows connection of an external device to the sewing machine. The controller performs: a speed-data receiving operation to rece...