ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,139, issued on May 20, was assigned to SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Electric wire printing device" was invented by Tomohiro Hiratsuka (Takarazuka, Japan) and Yoshihiro Fujita (Takarazuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric wire printing device 10 according to the present invention includes an inkjet head 30 injecting ink to perform printing on an electric wire 5; a transportation device 20 transporting the electric wire 5; and a drying device 40 provided downstream, in a transportation direction of the electric wire 5, with respect to the inkjet head 30, the drying device 40 blowing air toward a printed po...