ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,126, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Innova Patent GmbH (Wolfurt, Austria).
"Cableway having car stabilization" was invented by Gerd Dur (Bildstein, Austria), Magnus Zundel (Andelsbuch, Austria) and Jurgen Eberle (Alberschwende, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cableway in the case of which the safety and comfort for persons during the loading and unloading of the cableway vehicles can be improved as simply and economically as possible. This aim is achieved, according to the teaching, in that at least one vehicle-fixed contact rail which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle is arranged on the convey...