ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,858, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and DAIKIN AMERICA INC. (Orangeburg, N.Y.).
"System and method for forming wire and cable" was invented by Nicholas Johansen (Decatur, Ala.) and Kenjiro Tanimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for manufacturing wire and cable products with a polymer cable component is provided. The systems and methods include increasing the hardness of a polymer cable component in order to reduce compression and deformation of the cable components during manufacturing. In some instances, the hardness is temporarily increased prior to or dur...