ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,978, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DAIWA KASEI KOGYO K.K. (Okazaki, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Cable tie" was invented by Toshio Iwahara (Okazaki, Japan), Katsuya Hirakawa (Okazaki, Japan), Satoshi Tsurumi (Okazaki, Japan), Makoto Kato (Okazaki, Japan), Itsuo Wakabayashi (Toyota, Japan) and Atsushi Takenaka (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable tie may include a desired length of belt, and a buckle connected to a proximal end portion of the belt. The buckle has a belt insertion hole and a slot continuous with the belt insertion hole. The belt insertion hole is configured such that the belt i...