ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,039, issued on Sept. 9.
"System and method for monitoring consumable material quantities" was invented by Detlef Kuck (Inden, Germany), Marcel Grein (Geilenkirchen, Germany) and Jeroen Lem (Wittem, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a system for monitoring consumable material quantities, having at least one loading plate having an upper side providing a loading surface, at least two weight sensors arranged spaced apart from one another on a lower side of the loading plate, and at least one monitoring electronics unit connected or connectable to the weight sensors. To make this monitoring more cost-e...