ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,551, issued on June 3, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Device for lifting loads" was invented by Andreas Schwank (Kelsterbach, Germany) and Peter Janssen (Dieburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for lifting and stabilizing loads which can be stabilized via two crossing, pivotably articulated telescopic struts that are interconnected in a synchronized manner so as to counter undesirable length variations as a result of forces acting in the cross-beam longitudinal direction, wherein connection of the telescopic struts is established via five traction parts, wherein one first traction part in the internal tube of e...