US Patent Issued to Precision Robotics on June 2 for "Tensioning rig and method" (British, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,608, issued on June 2, was assigned to Precision Robotics Ltd. (London).

"Tensioning rig and method" was invented by Jianzhong Shang (Dartford, Great Britain), Tamas Csaba Hernadi (London) and Etienne Francois Joseph Dondez (Dijon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tensioning rig for tensioning a plurality of tendons comprising: a plurality of weights; a plurality of primary pulleys spaced apart from one another along a first axis; a plurality of secondary pulleys spaced apart from one another; and a plurality of tensioning wires, each engageable with a respective primary and secondary pulley, and comprising a first end comprisi...