ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,697, issued on May 26, was assigned to Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Apparatus and method for twisting wires" was invented by Marek Manterys (Cracow, Poland) and Kamil Kilian (Cracow, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for twisting an elongate element such as a wire or cable, includes a) a first holder configured to hold a first portion of the element; b) a second holder configured to hold a second portion of the element; c) a twisting unit configured to twist the element at a third portion between the first and the second portion. The twisting unit and the second holder are...