Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Weft Yarn Detection Device For Air Jet Loom' Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki

MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514082957 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi, Japan, on Sept. 1, 2025, for 'weft yarn detection device for air jet loom.'

Inventor(s) include Takumi Shinagawa; and Daisuke Yagi.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A weft yarn detection device (30) for an air jet loom (10) includes a weft yarn sensor (31) disposed so that a sensor end portion of the weft yarn sensor (31) faces a reed passage (13b), and including a light projection unit (32a) configured to project light toward the reed passage (13b), and a light...