ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,041, issued on May 26, was assigned to Minebea AccessSolutions France (Alfortville, France).
"Mechanical control device with improved control cable coupling" was invented by Francois Debroucke (Alfortville, France), Corentin Boutoille (Alfortville, France) and Laurent Duriez (Alfortville, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical control device includes a control cable coupled to a lever, and a coupling element secured to one end of the cable, the coupling element including two pivoting ends movably mounted respectively on two flanges of the lever about a pivot axis. The cable coupling end is interposed axially between the tw...