ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,478, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RAILWAY NO. 10 ENGINEERING GROUP Co. LTD. (Jinan, China) and SICHUAN HUAQI CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Chengdu, China).

"Suspension cable replacement device" was invented by Feilong Yang (Zhengzhou, China), Pandeng Xie (Zhengzhou, China), Haibo Xiao (Zhengzhou, China), Zeping Yang (Zhengzhou, China), Dawei Ding (Zhengzhou, China), Zhibo Wang (Zhengzhou, China) and Peijun Zhou (Zhengzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension cable replacement device includes a power unit and a plurality of adjustment units. The plurality of adjustment units is disposed around a suspension cable...