ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,686, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DANIELS MANUFACTURING Corp. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Apparatus for tensioning a cable lacing tape" was invented by Kirk Koons (Orlando, Fla.), Aron Bacs Jr. (Orlando, Fla.) and Walt Simmons (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for tensioning, terminating and cutting a cable lacing tape includes a housing, a shaft having a first end and a second end, a sliding worm gear coupled proximate the first end of the shaft, and a motor coupled proximate the second end of the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft. The apparatus also includes a biasing element coupled to the shaft betwe...