US Patent Issued to POWERCHINA SEPCO1 ELECTRIC POWER CONSTRUCTION on March 11 for "Large-scale tool hoisting device for offshore electric power construction" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,953, issued on March 11, was assigned to POWERCHINA SEPCO1 ELECTRIC POWER CONSTRUCTION Co. LTD. (Jinan, China).

"Large-scale tool hoisting device for offshore electric power construction" was invented by Jiyong Pang (Jinan, China), Jianping Zhang (Jinan, China) and Guodong Shao (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A large-scale tool hoisting device for offshore electric power construction is provided. A steel cable retracted to winches is dried using the heat in the operating cabin, thereby preventing the steel cable from being in a wet state for a long time and being corroded by seawater. For different loads at the terminal...