ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,770, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CORIOLIS GROUP (Queven, France).

"Fiber application machine provided with a tension limiting system" was invented by Kevin Le Moigne (Quimper, France) and Emmanuel Le Meneah (Clohars Carnoet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber application machine comprising a fiber application head, storage means, conveying means, a displacement system, and a tension limiting system comprising at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder cantilever mounted on a support structure, and drive means for driving the cylinders in rotation. The first cylinder and/or the second cylinder are...