ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,179, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SST Systems Inc (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.).
"Torque monitoring system for flexible drives" was invented by Anthony C. Scoville (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) and Stephen C. Mann (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-monitoring flexible drive system including a drive motor having an output member coupled to a flexible drive means configured to move one or more work pieces by loading the flexible drive means in tension. The drive motor is supported by a mount that fixes a position of the drive motor while allowing free rotation. A torque sensor measures torque applied to the flexible drive me...