ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,745, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NAS NALLE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS LLC (Knoxville, Kan.).
"Smart die output lane assembly" was invented by David J. Whelan (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Ryan C. Whelan (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die output lane assembly for receiving a blank through an opening of a die-cutter machine includes a frame, a support structure, and a memory device. The support structure is attached to the frame to form a lane and is configured to receive the blank from the opening of the die-cutter machine and temporarily store the blank in the lane. The memory device is configured to store data associated w...