ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,916, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Ancra International LLC (Azusa, Calif.).
"Bushing and belt tension system for captive beam system" was invented by Joaquim Carlos da Rosa (Independence, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides a bushing for a captive beam system, and specifically a bushing that extends between a track for a captive beam system and a bracket that slides along the track. In some captive beam systems that have automatic moving capability, the bracket (and therefore the captive beam that is rotatably connected to the bracket) is pulled upward or downward by a force applied thereto either directly ...