ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,520, issued on April 21, was assigned to PassiveLogic Inc. (Holladay, Utah).
"Flexible element tensioning mechanism" was invented by Troy Aaron Harvey (Brighton, Utah), Alexa Kalandiak (Salt Lake City) and Bryan Bourgeois (Underhill, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relate to an apparatus for flexible element management including a first element; a second element, wherein the second element is movable relative to the first element; a flexible element extending between the first element and the second element; and a tensioning element in contact with the flexible element. Various embodiments disclose an apparatu...