ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,661, issued on July 14, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for checking point of impact" was invented by Sang Hoon Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Kang Kwon (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an apparatus for checking a point of impact. The apparatus for checking a point of impact includes: a first supply unit configured to supply an object through rolling; a second supply unit configured to receive the object from the first supply unit through rolling and supply the object to a demand place; a variable unit configured to apply a tension force by pressuri...