ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,025, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"Winch equipped with a variable torque limiter" was invented by Jean Lagadec (Brest, France) and Steve Bendelac (Brest, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winch includes a rotary drum, a cable which can be wound on the drum in multiple layers, and a brake for braking the rotation of the drum, the brake being calibrated to permit the rotation of the drum beyond a variable torque which decreases as the length of the cable wound on the drum increases."

The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2021, under Application No. 18/266,244.

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