ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,247, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Lifting column transmission assembly and lifting column" was invented by Xiaojian Lu (Zhejiang, China), Weiqiang Li (Zhejiang, China) and Bing Li (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission assembly for a lifting column is provided. The lifting column includes an inner tube. The transmission assembly includes a hollow spindle, a transmission screw, a sleeve sleeved over the hollow spindle, a guide tube limited in the sleeve, and an actuating device actuating the guide tube to rotate. The guide tube and t...