ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,772, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Device and method for forming a notch for stripping" was invented by Naoya Yaguchi (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of cutting mechanisms of a device for forming a notch for stripping includes: a stopper which is capable of approaching and/or being separated away from an outer circumferential surface of a coated electric wire; a biasing part biasing the stopper; a cutter blade; a stopper movement mechanism configured to, when forming a notch, move the stopper together with the cutter blade to bring the stopper into contact with the outer circumferent...