ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,783, issued on May 20, was assigned to NINGBO CHIMA WINCH Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).
"High-safety electric capstan" was invented by Mingkui Zheng (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a high-safety electric capstan including a hoisting mechanism, an electric motor configured to drive the hoisting mechanism to rotate, a user controller and an engagement assembly, and further including a control section electrically connected to a signal receiving actuator. The electric motor and the signal receiving actuator are electrically connected to the engagement assembly, respectively. The control sectio...