ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,861, issued on June 23, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY FENESTRATION LLC (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Window balance assembly" was invented by Mark R. Baker (Rochester, N.Y.) and Wilbur James Kellum III (Hilton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window balance assembly may include a carrier, a spring element, and a mounting bracket. The spring element is coupled to the carrier and, in an uninstalled, assembled configuration of the window balance assembly, the mounting bracket is retained with the carrier."

The patent was filed on Nov. 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/946,199.

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