US Patent Issued to HAWE Hydraulik on Dec. 30 for "Locking unit for a passenger restraint device, amusement ride passenger unit comprising a passenger restraint device and a locking unit, and method for functional testing of a locking unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,516, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HAWE Hydraulik SE (Aschheim, Germany).

"Locking unit for a passenger restraint device, amusement ride passenger unit comprising a passenger restraint device and a locking unit, and method for functional testing of a locking unit" was invented by Eike Stratmann (Aschheim, Germany) and Alexander Ahle (Aschheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking unit for a passenger restraint device of an amusement ride passenger unit has a cylinder-piston unit with a piston rod, a hydraulic accumulator and an electronic unit. The electronic unit has a sensor unit for monitoring the position of the ...