ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,318, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Sheet conveyance apparatus" was invented by Shinsuke Chokyu (Tokyo), Toru Ikeda (Tokyo), Kazuki Matsunaga (Tokyo) and Koya Shimada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a peeling position where a protective film is peeled off a sheet, and a control unit that controls a roll device based on the information and moves the peeling position."
The patent was filed on Jan. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/098,438.
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