ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,253, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BEWISO GMBH (Wildon, Austria).

"Weight compensation for vertically movable Facade components" was invented by Thomas Cafuta (Wildon, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to improve operability and user comfort for vertically sliding or displaceable facade components, a weight compensation device for vertically displaceable facade components includes a spring element for at least partial compensation of its own weight of a vertically displaceable facade component and a compensator. The spring element provides a spring force as a driving force (FAN) for lifting the vertically displacea...