ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,481, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Xiamen Renhe Sports Equipment Co. Ltd. (Fujian, China).

"Resistance device and pull rope type strength training weight module" was invented by Yangjie Ren (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a resistance device and a pull rope type strength training weight module. The resistance device includes a cord reel, a fixed shaft, a coil spring, a disk motor, and a connector. The disk motor includes a stator and a rotor. The connector is connected to the cord reel and the rotor. The connector prevents the cord reel from rotating forward relative to the rotor a...