ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,716, issued on April 8, was assigned to Konecranes Global Corp. (Hyvinkaa, Finland).
"Coupling for a rope drum of a lifting device" was invented by Deepak Madhusoodan Desai (District Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling for a connection between a gear box and a rope drum of a lifting device, wherein the coupling comprises an inner coupling support element and an outer coupling support element, wherein the inner coupling support element and the outer coupling support element are configured to rotate around a mutual axis of rotation, wherein the coupling is configured to allow a swiveling of the inner coupling support ...