US Patent Issued to LINK-BELT CRANES, , LLLP on Sept. 1 for "Axle lifting system for crane and related methods" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,726, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LINK-BELT CRANES, L.P., LLLP (Lexington, Ky.).

"Axle lifting system for crane and related methods" was invented by Jonathan Witt (Nicholasville, Ky.), Stuart Ross (Lexington, Ky.), Adam Chalin (Lexington, Ky.), Brennan Behr (Lexington, Ky.), William Standiford (Richmond, Ky.) and Robert Retallick (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for lifting one or more axles on a lifting machine, such as a crane including a chassis, relative to the ground. The system includes a lifter for raising or lowering the axle relative to the ground. The lifter comprising a flexible con...