US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 21 for "Filament winding device and filament winding method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,184, issued on July 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: "In a filament winding device and a filament winding method, when a band-shaped bundle is wound around a workpiece by way of hoop winding, a straight roller is selected, and the selected straight roller comes into contact with the band-shaped bundle. When the band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece by way of helical winding, a crown roller is selected, and the selected crown roller comes into contact with the band-shaped bundle...