ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,705, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to T-MAX (HANGZHOU) TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).
"Brake device for winch and winch" was invented by Hangfei Yu (Zhejiang, China), Shipei Yao (Zhejiang, China), Senbiao Ge (Zhejiang, China), Haojia Chen (Zhejiang, China), Haibin Chen (Zhejiang, China) and Xuebo Hu (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device for a winch and a winch are provided. The winch includes a rope drum, and the brake device includes a brake sleeve, an elastic ring, a torsion spring and a braking assembly. The torsion spring is fitted over the braking assembly, and the brake sleeve is fitted over t...