ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,980, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Energy absorber device" was invented by Jacob Thackeray Squire (Devizes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorber device for use in a fall protection system has an energy absorber in the form of an elongate flexible element having first end spaced apart from and a second end. A containment structure (such as a housing or jacket) contains the energy absorber in an un-deployed state and has a first end secured with respect to the elongate flexible element near the first end of the elongate flexible element. The second end of th...