ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,918, issued on June 17, was assigned to Killakathu Ramanathan Babu (India).

"Split unit with reduced headroom assembly for a pneumatic vacuum elevator" was invented by Killakathu Ramanathan Babu (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a pneumatic elevator is provided. The assembly includes a top cylinder housed at a top surface of a vertically stacked elevator cylinder; a control panel box is mounted to a chamber unit, wherein the chamber unit is inbuilt with a split top plate assembly, wherein the chamber unit is operatively coupled to an outer surface of the top cylinder toward a supporting wall. The split to...