US Patent Issued to SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES on Nov. 11 for "Rubber plug holding device and electric wire insertion device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,031, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Rubber plug holding device and electric wire insertion device" was invented by Yoshiki Takahashi (Takarazuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber plug holding device 30 includes a plurality of first clamp members 31 located around a predetermined central line CL so as to form a space S1 inner thereto in which a cylindrical rubber plug 5 is allowed to be located; a first support member 32 supporting the first clamp members 31; and a first actuator 33 driving the first clamp members 31. The plurality of first clamp members 31 include three or m...