US Patent Issued to NHLO Holding on May 27 for "(Heave) balancing device, hoisting system, method for hoisting and kit of parts for spring balancing a hoisting system" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,217, issued on May 27, was assigned to NHLO Holding B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands).

"(Heave) balancing device, hoisting system, method for hoisting and kit of parts for spring balancing a hoisting system" was invented by Edouard Frans Alexander Schinkel (Utrecht, Netherlands), Michael Hubert Schinkel (Utrecht, Netherlands), Bart Walgaard (The Hague, Netherlands), Gjalt Lindeboom (Amsterdam) and Eelke Gerrit De Vries (The Hague, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heave balance device (1) can balance a lifted or supported load (8). The load can be lifted by a hoisting device (10) or it can be supported. The heave balance device co...