ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,940, issued on June 10, was assigned to GROZ-BECKERT KG (Albstadt, Germany).
"Sewing machine needle having a recess" was invented by Kai-Uwe Haug (Nusplingen, Germany), Bernd Eugen Hillenbrand (Albstadt, Germany) and Florian Perotti (Veringenstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sewing machine needle (1) is described, which reduces the friction between the blade (2) of the sewing machine needle (1) and the fabric and which can be manufactured economically in large numbers. The sewing machine needle (1) includes a needle eye (3) and at least one recess (5), wherein the distance between an upper edge (6) of the recess (5) and...