US Patent Issued to Applied Research Associates on Sept. 30 for "Magnetic braking system for descending payloads" (Ohio, North Carolina, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,780, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Applied Research Associates Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Magnetic braking system for descending payloads" was invented by Hirsch M. Chizever (Beavercreek, Ohio), Paige S. Ahearn (Dayton, Ohio), Michael B. Miller (Vandalia, Ohio), Daniel S. Weile (Newark, Del.) and Jason A. Janet (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a magnetic braking system for controlling the descent of a payload against gravity are disclosed herein. The magnetic braking system may allow for a user to descend along a descending structure, such as a rope, hands-free. A plurality of conductive ba...