ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,382, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Manuel Lindner (Spittal/Drau, Austria).
"Automatic adjustment and monitoring of a belt drive" was invented by Manuel Lindner (Spittal/Drau, Austria) and Fabian Pfeifer (St. Jakob im Rosental, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a belt-tensioning device comprising a tensioning device for generating a force for tensioning a belt in a belt drive; a measuring device for measuring a belt tension or a measurement variable corresponding to the belt tension; and an adjustment device for adjusting the force generated by the tensioning device based on signals of the measuring ...