ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,704, issued on July 14, was assigned to T-MAX (HANGZHOU) TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Plug-in rope guide protective shell" was invented by Hangfei Yu (Hangzhou, China) and Taotao Li (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a rope guide and, in particular, a plug-in rope guide protective shell. In some embodiments, a plug-in rope guide protective shell includes a shell body and a plug-in member. The shell body has an inner cavity for accommodating a rope guide, and the rope guide has a guide opening penetrating through the rope guide along a first direction. The plug-in...