ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,153, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for folding tube" was invented by Hyunwoong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunyoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Pyungkang Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Beomsoo Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for folding a tube includes a fixed mount fixedly installed in a facility, a first connection member installed on the fixed mount, a folding unit connected to the first connection member and expanding or compressing a tube folded and spirally wound, a second con...