ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,586, issued on July 1, was assigned to TESA SE (Norderstedt, Germany).
"Method for jacketing strandlike elements" was invented by Tristan Wienzek (Barsbuttel, Germany), Lars Macketanz (Hamburg, Germany), Lars Guldbrandsen (Barsbuttel, Germany), Jan-Gerd Pennekamp (Hamburg, Germany), Thomas Gerdsmann (Hamburg, Germany) and Gerhard Richter (Norderstedt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for jacketing strandlike elements (10), comprising the method steps of: a) producing or providing a strandlike element (10), b) wrapping the strandlike element (10) with an adhesive tape (12) to give a wrapped stran...