ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,425, issued on April 21, was assigned to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO LLC (Vancouver, Wash.).
"Rescue hoist cable foul protection" was invented by Bejan Ijadi-Maghsoodi (San Dimas, Calif.) and John H. Hill (La Verne, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hoist system for cable-reeling operations is disclosed herein. The hoist system includes a housing, a drum disposed within the housing and configured to spin about an axis, a motor configured to spin the drum about the axis, a cable configured to be wound and unwound from the drum as the motor spins the drum about the axis, a cable sensor configured to detect misalignment of the cable dur...