ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,219, issued on July 21, was assigned to Rollax GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Salzuflen, Germany).
"Rotation stop device" was invented by Andreas Ebke (Bad Salzuflen, Germany) and Tatjana Korent (Bad Salzuflen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation stop device for a rotatably mounted shaft, having a stationary stop body and a transmission which converts the rotational movement of the shaft into a linear movement of a driven element relative to the stop body, and having a stop element which can be moved by the driven element into a stop position in which it bears against the stop body. The stop element is coupled to the shaft in a rot...