ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,717, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Staubli Lyon (Chassieu, France).
"Jacquard heddle and loom comprising such a jacquard heddle" was invented by Michael Himmelstoss (Luzinay, France) and Pierre-Alexis Griviau (Villeurbanne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Jacquard heddle including a link, including an upper hole and a lower hole of circular cross-section. A first single-filament wire is engaged in the upper hole forming an upper loop and a second single-filament wire is engaged in the lower hole forming a lower loop. The Jacquard heddle includes an upper end connector to which two end portions of the first wire are linke...