ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,682, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Tape wrapping device" was invented by An (Joshua) Yang (Shanghai), Lvhai (Samuel) Hu (Shanghai), Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu (Bellevue, Wash.) and Jian Cao (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape wrapping device adapted to wind a tape with an adhesive surface and a back surface on a product includes a seat frame, and a tape conveying mechanism installed on the seat frame and adapted to convey the tape to a standby position. The tape conveying system includes a first conveying dr...