ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,612, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Tonal Systems Inc. (San Francisco).
"Enhancing concentric load experienced by user" was invented by Colin Russell Parker (San Francisco), Troy Taylor (Park City, Utah) and Nihal Murthy (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During at least a portion of a user exercise movement in which an actuator velocity of an actuator is in an outward direction, an amount of torque that is requestable from a motor is increased based at least in part on the actuator velocity. The motor provides resistance to the actuator. The actuator is coupled to the motor."
The patent was filed on May 9, 2024, un...