ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,693, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Winding drum and torsion spring for a winding drum" was invented by Jan Hoffmann (Bonn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding drum for a line and/or for a line guide device which is adapted to receive and guide at least one line, wherein the drum is rotatable about the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein a first end region of the line and/or line guide device is or can be fixed to the drum and the line and/or line guide device can be wound on to and unwound from the drum by rotation of the winding drum in a winding-on and an unwinding direction about the...