ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,707, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Detection system for detecting cracks in conveyor belt" was invented by Jaroslaw Robert Fydrych (Mierzyn, Poland), Rafi Joseph Magholian (Duisburg, Germany), Jaroslaw Talaska (Sobiemysl, Poland), Wojciech Radziewicz (Weltyn, Poland), Mohamed Hussien Metwaly Mohamed (Swindon, Great Britain), Adam Piotr Jarocki (Szczecin, Poland) and Patrick Heimann (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system monitors a conveyor belt for determining whether cracks are present in the conveyor belt. The detection system may determine a standard position o...