US Patent Issued to Diebold Nixdorf on Feb. 24 for "Automated transaction machine" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,020, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Diebold Nixdorf Inc. (North Canton, Ohio).

"Automated transaction machine" was invented by Todd Christian (Dalton, Ohio), Terry L. Schreffler (North Canton, Ohio), Doug Kovacs (North Canton, Ohio), Daniel P. Schoeffler (North Canton, Ohio) and Steven Davis (North Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated transaction machine includes upper and lower units. The lower unit has a chest with a main body. The main body of the lower unit forms a cavity and has interior and exterior walls, made of metal, metal alloys or composite metallic material. There is a non-metallic material layer ...