Patents
US 8739769 B1: Cable take-up or let-out mechanism for a compound archery bow
- Granted
- 2014-06-03
- Filed
- 2013-05-18 application 13897374
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A compound archery bow comprises a riser, limbs, pulley members connected to the limbs, a draw cable, and a power cable. A first pulley member includes a draw cable journal, a power cable take-up mechanism, and coaxial axle segments extending from opposite sides of the pulley member. The effective lever arm of the power cable take-up mechanism decreases, during a latter portion of drawing the bow, from a distance that is greater than a radius of the axle segments to a minimum distance that is less than that radius. The first pulley member is further arranged so that, with the bow fully drawn, at least a portion of the power cable passes through at least a portion of a space between the first and second axle segments.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140603.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWTECH, LLC 21 patents | US company or organization | Eugene, OR | BOWTECH, LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas C. Obteshka | Springfield, OR | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Craig Thomas Yehle | Holmen, WI | 53 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F41B | Weapons for projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge; weapons not otherwise provided for | F41B5/105 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10S | Technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests | Y10S124/90 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-20 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement | BLACK GOLD ARCHERY, LLC signed 2023-01-19 BOWTECH, LLC signed 2023-01-19 EXCALIBUR CROSSBOW, LLC signed 2023-01-19 | TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT DALLAS, TX | 62439/321 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-11-04 | Correction Entity conversion | BOWTECH, INC. signed 2022-07-13 | BOWTECH, LLC EUGENE, OR | 61882/752 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-07-07 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS US AGENT signed 2022-07-01 | EXCALIBUR CROSSBOW, INC. EUGENE, OR | 60427/413 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-09-08 | Security interest Security interest Assignment of intellectual property security agreement | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION signed 2015-08-21 | ANTARES CAPITAL LP CHICAGO, IL | 36562/510 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-04-28 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | BOWTECH, INC. signed 2014-04-28 | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS US AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 32766/929 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-03-26 | Name change Change of name | EXTREME TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2013-07-11 | BOWTECH, INC. EUGENE, OR | 32526/967 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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