ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,710, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shaoxing, China).

"Obstruction detecting apparatus, obstruction detecting system, electric lifting desk, and electric lifting cupboard" was invented by Zefeng Gao (Shaoxing, China), Bingbing Ren (Shaoxing, China), Lidong He (Shaoxing, China) and Chuanchao Zhu (Shaoxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstruction detecting apparatus, an obstruction detecting system, an electric lifting desk, and an electric lifting cupboard, which relate to the field of obstruction detection and render a higher obstruction detection sensitivity. The ...