ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,143, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Lifting apparatus and loading vehicle lifting system" was invented by Yafei Shen (Ningde, China), Fanke Chen (Ningde, China) and Meng Zhao (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a lifting apparatus and a loading vehicle lifting system. The lifting apparatus includes a first actuator having a first actuating rod movable in a first direction, a movable component, and a lifting component, the lifting component being configured to lift an object to be lifted and configured to be able to receive a force exerted by the m...