US 12,224,083 B2
Untwist tool
Boris Braun, Nantucket, MA (US); Brent Alan Hagood, Canton, MI (US); and Deepak Batra, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Untwisted Tech LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Untwisted Tech LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,304.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,233, filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0115169 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01B 13/02 (2006.01); H02G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 13/0207 (2013.01) [H02G 1/1292 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for untwisting a wire, comprising:
a wire tool including a tool body having a rotational axis, the tool body including
an outer shell including an inner circumference,
a distribution hub including an outer circumference,
a plurality of radial walls extending between the outer circumference of the distribution hub and the inner circumference of the outer shell, and circumferentially spaced about the inner and outer circumferences, and
respective channels formed by the inner circumference of the outer shell, the outer circumference of the distribution hub, and circumferentially adjacent walls of the plurality of radial walls,
wherein the tool body is configured to split the wire into the respective channels, and the respective channels expand radially outward to separate the wire into wire strands corresponding to the respective channels; and
a drive device operatively connected to the wire tool.