US Patent Issued to ROUNDPEG TECHNOLOGIES on May 19 for "Method for determining a minimum distance between an object and an apparatus surface, safety device for a handling apparatus having an apparatus surface, and handling apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,841, issued on May 19, was assigned to ROUNDPEG TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Aschheim, Germany).

"Method for determining a minimum distance between an object and an apparatus surface, safety device for a handling apparatus having an apparatus surface, and handling apparatus" was invented by Oliver Krieg (Aschheim, Germany), Etienne Eichstaedt (Aschheim, Germany) and Hermann Wieser (Aschheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for determining a minimum distance between an object and an apparatus surface, in particular for determining a minimum distance between an object and an apparatus surface of a handling apparatus, is...