ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,640, issued on March 24, was assigned to HELLERMANNTYTON GmbH (Tornesch, Germany).

"Automatic bundling tool device with guiding unit for deformed and/or loose one-piece ties" was invented by Andreas Schwinn (Tornesch, Germany) and Taro David Fukuda (Rastede, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic bundling tool device (ABT) for bundling a bundling good via a one-piece-tie (OPT). In aspects, an ABT includes a holding unit configured to receive, hold, and release a respective OPT; a motion guiding unit configured to guide a motion of the holding unit between a receiving position and a releasing position; a claw unit config...