ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,065, issued on May 13.
"Cable-locked position sensors and gear motors" was invented by Shaun William Fetherston (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cable-locked position sensors are described that employ a flexible cable to couple rotation of a rotatable element, such as an output shaft of a gear motor, to a rotary position sensor. The disclosed sensors can be used to determine rotation and/or position of the rotatable element. The disclosed sensors are relatively small and inexpensive. The disclosed sensors may also be used as part of a servo motor, or in conjunction with gear motors to provide positional informat...