US Patent Issued to Siemens Logistics on May 13 for "Transport container conveyor system and method for the optimized operation of a transport container conveyor system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,982, issued on May 13, was assigned to Siemens Logistics GmbH (Constance, Germany).

"Transport container conveyor system and method for the optimized operation of a transport container conveyor system" was invented by Andreas Klossek (Stein-Deutenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the optimized operation of a transport container conveyor system for items of cargo, in particular of an airport luggage conveyor system, includes: a) introducing an item of cargo into the conveyor system at an introduction point; b) providing larger transport containers of a first category and smaller transport containers of a second...