ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,678, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).
"Lifting gear having a lifting frame movable in a movement direction relative to a supporting part of the lifting gear, and method for operating a lifting gear" was invented by Rainer Blickle (Lyman, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting gear includes a lifting frame movable relative to a supporting part of the lifting gear in a movement direction. The supporting part is arranged on and connected to a base plate, at least one linear guide, at least one bus bar, and a gear rack are fixed in place on the supporting part, an electric motor i...