ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,092, issued on July 28, was assigned to Heye International GmbH (Obernkirchen, Germany).

"Method for a production plant, system and production plant" was invented by Ralf Schottelndreier (Nienstadt, Germany) and Kai Bindewald (Stadthagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a conveying speed profile for a drive mechanism of a conveyor belt of a production plant including an IS machine for manufacturing glass containers and the conveyor belt for conveying the glass containers, wherein glass containers are placed on the conveyor belt and/or the conveyor belt conveys away glass containers, wherein position data...