US Patent Issued to G.D on Aug. 4 for "Coupling unit, coupling method and coupling apparatus for the coupling between a component and a container" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,111, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Coupling unit, coupling method and coupling apparatus for the coupling between a component and a container" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy) and Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling method for attaching a component to a container using an automated coupling unit. The method employs a coupling assembly mounted on a frame, having a gripping device with a retaining element for selectively holding the component, and a cou...