ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,649, issued on July 14.
"Resistance unit and exercise machine having the same" was invented by Tsung-Chou Lin (Tainan City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resistance unit and an exercise machine having the same are disclosed. The resistance unit includes a body, a power-driven resistance unit, a reel, and a cable. The power-driven resistance unit is fixed to the body. The reel is connected to an output shaft of the power-driven resistance unit. The reel is rotated along with the output shaft. The power-driven resistance unit gives a rotational resistance to the reel. The cable is connected to and coiled around the reel. The ...