ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,200, issued on May 27, was assigned to CONDUCTIX WAMPFLER FRANCE (Belley, France).
"Method and system for detecting a traverse winding defect" was invented by Hugues Cenni (Lapanouse de Cernon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for detecting a traverse winding defect when winding a link (L) on a spool (1) rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis (X), the link (L) being alternately translationally guided relative to the spool (1) by a guide pulley (2) along said longitudinal axis (X) between two reversal positions, comprising: measuring the position of the guide pulley (2) relative to the spool ...