ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,026, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Strap-tensioning assembly with self-energizing transitioning wheel, and strap-size-adjustment features" was invented by Dimitrios Takidis (Dubendorf, Switzerland), Philipp Buser (Erlinsbach, Switzerland), Christian Benz (Zurich, Switzerland) and Michael Meng (Gipf-Oberfrick, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping machine strap-tensioning assembly with a self-energizing tensioning wheel and features that enable adjustment of the strap-tensioning assemblies for use with different strap...