ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,429, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to JUKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sewing machine" was invented by Kuniaki Sato (Tokyo), Tatsuya Ogawa (Tokyo), Yukiyo Nomoto (Tokyo), Hajime Nakayama (Tokyo) and Takahiro Higa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sewing machine that suppresses sewing defects is provided. The sewing machine includes: a sewing needle, held by a needle bar and moving back and forth while holding an upper thread; a shuttle, configured to hold a bobbin around which a lower thread is wound and which is housed in a bobbin case, and cooperating with the sewing needle to form a seam; a presser foot member, configured to press a to-...