ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,334, issued on July 8, was assigned to REVOLOK USA LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Tensioning device and driven member thereof" was invented by Timothy P. Squires (Williamsburg, Mich.), Ronald J. Hanna (East Jordan, Mich.), Kenneth J. Lamb (Petoskey, Mich.) and Joseph Krumme Bullard (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tensioning device includes a housing, a drive member, a sleeve and a driven member. The housing includes a first attachment feature. The driven member includes a second attachment feature. The sleeve is rotatably coupled with the housing. The drive member is rotatably coupled with the housing and is operably coupled...