ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,645, issued on June 9, was assigned to TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V. (Velsen-Noord, Netherlands).
"Lifting system" was invented by Peter Stam (Obdam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting system for a metallurgical plant including an object with one or more trunnions and a lifting device with one or more lifting hooks for receiving the trunnions, wherein the lifting system further includes a detection system, the detection system includes a receiver, a sensor, a magnet and a transmitter, and wherein the magnet and the sensor are aligned upon correct alignment of at least one lifting hook and one trunnion such that a signal i...