ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,258, issued on Sept. 30.
"Method and apparatus for winding a cable" was invented by Michael Birdwell (Jacksonville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable winding apparatus mounted on an arm of an excavator. The cable winding apparatus comprises a housing, a hydraulic motor disposed within the housing where a portion of the hydraulic motor extends through the second wall of the housing, a drive shaft extending through the housing that is connected to the motor, and a collapsible power reel. The collapsible power reel comprises a plurality of segments movably coupled to the collapsible power reel and extending radially from the...