ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,398, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Southwire Co. LLC (Carrollton, Ga.).
"Drive gear assembly with predetermined overload protection" was invented by Peter Rodriguez (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are winches comprising an overload protection mechanism. Certain aspects can comprise a drive gear frictionally coupled to a driven gear. Winch assemblies disclosed herein also can be configured to connect to common power tools such as may allow a user to operate the winch without specific training or knowledge of the application to which the winch is applied, without concern for damaging the tool ...