ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,907, issued on April 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Filament winding device and filament winding method" was invented by Kosuke Tatsushima (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A band-shaped bundle is conveyed to a workpiece by a roller row in a filament winding device and a filament winding method. During the conveyance of the band-shaped bundle by the roller row, a width of the band-shaped bundle is adjusted. The band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece adjacently in a widthwise direction of the band-shaped bundle."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/391,953.

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