US Patent Issued to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO on Nov. 11 for "Homing load detecting device for rescue hoist and winch assemblies" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,704, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO LLC (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Homing load detecting device for rescue hoist and winch assemblies" was invented by Sanith Kurumpilavu Subramanian (Bangalore, India), Nagesh Sadashivaiah (Bangalore, India), Robert A. Blaser (Phoenix) and Arthur A. Martinez (Chino Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixture is described. The fixture is for detecting forces between a hook assembly and a bell mouth of a rescue hoist. The fixture couples to the bell mouth such that the fixture is affixed to a main housing of the rescue hoist. A cable of the rescue hoist extends through the ...