ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,873, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VIEWON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrified component hairpin inspection device" was invented by Young Wook Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Young Yeop Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hairpin inspection apparatus for inspecting a hairpin included in an electrification component includes an electrification block seated on a rotating device and rotated by the rotating device, a hairpin mounted on an electrification block, and a lighting unit provided on the hairpin to irradiate light to the electrification block and the hairpin, in which the lighting unit...