ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,584, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Fully automatic auxiliary restraint for cargo system" was invented by Bhargav Hoskote Hanumantha Rao (Bangalore, India) and Sayooj Adavalath Puthiyaveettil (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo handling system is disclosed herein. The cargo handling system includes a ball panel for moving and storing cargo and a cargo restraining device disposed within the ball panel. The cargo restraining device includes a base, a restraint head having a gear assembly and secured to the base by a shaft coupled to the gear assembly, a motor coupled to the ba...