ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,279, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Transport device" was invented by Michael Neubauer (Grassau, Germany), Stefan Elsperger (Sochtenau, Germany) and Hartmut Davidson (Zeitlarn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device for a bottle filling plant includes at least two transport elements, each having a transport element magnetic force unit and at least one functional element for transporting components. The transport device further includes a bearing unit configured to support the at least two transport elements one after the other and independently of one another along a transp...