ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,864, issued on May 12, was assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. (dell'Emilia, Italy).
"Apparatus for transporting objects" was invented by Mattia Chianura (dell'Emilia, Italy) and Claudio Trebbi (dell'Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport apparatus for transporting objects includes a reference surface; electric energizing device to selectively generate one or more magnetic fields associated with the reference surface; and at least one transport member configured to support and transport the objects and to move without contact with respect to the reference surface. The transport member includes a ...