ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,106, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SELDEN MAST AB (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden).
"Winch arrangement for a sailing boat" was invented by Nils Janhall (Askim, Sweden), Mathias Lindstrom (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Bjorn Adiels (Ytterby, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a winding, particularly a winch, arrangement (100) comprising a two speed manually operable winding member (10) and a drive unit (20) comprising a motor (21). The drive unit (20) comprises a transmission arrangement connected to a motor shaft (25), an outgoing shaft (22) with an outer gear wheel (23). The transmission arrangement is adapted...