ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,615, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FERAG AG (Hinwil, Switzerland).

"Conveying device" was invented by Sergio Sigrist (Hinwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for transferring piece good (S, Sv, Sn) accurate in phase, delivered by a delivery device along a conveying direction (x) and the respective functional length (Lf) and a moment of delivery (t1) of the respective piece good (S, Sv, Sn) being detected at or upstream of a transfer section of the delivery device. The delivered piece good (S, Sv, Sn) is transferred from the transfer section of the delivery device accurately in cycle to a distanci...