ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,458, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).
"Locking system for a vertical cable shuttle" was invented by Moutasem Yousef (Brno, Czech Republic), Jan Macka (Brno, Czech Republic) and Vaclav Hruza (Brno, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking system for a vertical cable shuttle is disclosed. The locking system comprises a housing defining a guide path and slideably attached to a guide member. A braking lever configured to engage the guide member. The braking lever comprises a shock absorber fabricated along the braking lever and configured to absorb shocks during a fall. ...