ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,004, issued on June 30, was assigned to Vision Industries Group Inc. (Somerset, N.J.).
"Window balance assembly with improved mounting bracket and curl spring attachment" was invented by Luke Liang (Somerset, N.J.) and David Chen (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window balance assembly includes: a housing with first and second interior spaces; a receiver rotatably supported in the first interior space; a curl spring disposed in the second interior space with a tail extending out of the housing; and a mounting bracket. The tail includes: a neck and a head. The mounting bracket includes first and second flanges. First...