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US 10082359
Torque control system for cocking a crossbow
Current assignee: Ravin Crossbows LLC
Added 9/16/2026, 7:05:25 PM
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US10082359B2
Title: Torque control system for cocking a crossbow
Patent number: US10082359B2 (application US15/395,705; pre-grant publication US20170108307A1)
Inventor: Craig Thomas Yehle
Assignee: Ravin Crossbows LLC (original assignee; current assignee listed as Ravin Crossbows LLC)
Key dates (as listed):
- Priority date: 2013-12-16 (claimed from US14/107,058)
- Additional priorities claimed: 2016-04-14 (US15/098,537); 2016-10-17 (US15/294,993)
- Filing date: 2016-12-30
- Publication date: 2018-09-25
- Legal status: Active; adjusted expiration 2033-12-19 (status is an assumption, not a legal conclusion)
Purpose and plain-language scope:
The supplied text identifies the invention only by title, prior-art keywords, and bibliographic data. The prior-art keywords — "string," "cocking," "crossbow," "torque control," and "draw" — indicate the subject matter concerns controlling torque while drawing/cocking a crossbow string. Beyond this, the excerpt provides no abstract, no claims, and no written description, so the actual claimed scope cannot be stated from the supplied material.
What the excerpt does not establish:
- Any claim language, claim scope, or claim count
- The abstract, specification, drawings, or embodiments
- Specific components, mechanisms, or methods of the torque control system
- Any prior-art references or their content
- Priority-chain details beyond the listed numbers and dates
- Litigation, validity, enforceability, or ownership transfers
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10082359](/patent/US10082359)/en (fetched 2026-09-16). This overview relies solely on the supplied patent text; omitted portions of the source were not consulted.
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