US Patent Issued to Aristocrat Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Reverse drive protection assembly for a gaming machine handle" (Nevada Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,325, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Reverse drive protection assembly for a gaming machine handle" was invented by Alvin Chen (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A back-driving handle assembly for protecting a gaming machine from damage when the back-driving handle assembly is loaded in reverse. The back-driving handle assembly includes tuned counter-opposing springs and a ratchet plate with a specially designed tooth angle. The back-driving handle assembly allows normally locking ratchet and pawl to slip past some teeth on an overload condition, thus preserving functionalities of ...