ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,866, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).
"Shrink fitting system" was invented by Katsuaki Tamaki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yasuhiro Matsumoto (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A task of insertion of a tool is continued even when the insertion of the tool is failed in a shrink fitting method. A shrink fitting system for shrink-fitting a tool to a holder includes: a heating device that heats the holder; an insertion device that inserts the tool into the heated holder; and a control device for the shrink fitting system. The insertion device includes a sensor that detects a failure of insertion of th...