ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,767, issued on May 20, was assigned to NITTOKU Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Wire rod disposing device and wire rod disposition method" was invented by Takayuki Sato (Fukushima, Japan) and Masashi Watanabe (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire rod disposing device includes: a wire rod delivering mechanism configured to deliver a wire rod from a nozzle at a predetermined speed; a movable stage serving as a member support part configured to support a base plate serving as a disposition target member such that the wire rod is routed after the wire rod is delivered from the nozzle and curved; and a tension application mec...