ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,161, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KRONE AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Apparatus for transporting containers with sensor for position monitoring" was invented by Nina Habenschaden (Regensburg, Germany), Harald Effenberger (Schierling, Germany) and Thomas Hoellriegl (Teublitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus for transporting containers with a movable and in particular rotatable carrier which has a plurality of changeable holding devices for holding the containers during transport, wherein the apparatus has at least one sensor device which detects and/or monitors a position of the holding device, in particular af...