ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,703, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KITO Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Brake device, lever hoist, and ratchet mechanism" was invented by Akinori Shirota (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device comprising: a brake receiver pivotally supported in a non-rotatable manner on the drive shaft and including a flange part and a boss part; a female screw member pivotally supported in a rotatable manner on the drive shaft and screwed to a male screw part; a ratchet wheel including ratchet teeth provided on an outer peripheral side and configured to restrict a rotation direction to one direction; a brake plate arranged b...