ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,965, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to 1783590 Ontario Inc. (Toronto).
"Segmented pulley transmission and actuator system for the same" was invented by Jaroslaw Lutoslawski (Toronto), Sarah Jean Fondyga (Toronto) and Anthony Wong (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A segmented pulley transmission with an actuator system is disclosed. The actuator system comprises: an engaging deflector radially movable between first active and idle positions; a disengaging deflector radially movable between second active and idle positions; and a motivator assembly for moving the engaging and disengaging deflectors between the active and idle po...