ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,565, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Matthews International Corp. (Pittsburgh).
"Sensor system for dry powder electrode formation and methods of using the same" was invented by Thomas Hackfort (Ahaus-Altstatte, Germany), Jorg Gottszky (Vreden, Germany) and Kay Wolters (Stadtlohn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of providing powder are disclosed. A system includes a powder hopper, one or more sensors, a feeder hopper and a processor in operable communication with the one or more sensors and the feeder hopper. The powder hopper is configured to provide a powder to a pair of rollers. Each of the one or more...