US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on June 16 for "Metering system and method" (Wisconsin, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,944, issued on June 16, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Metering system and method" was invented by Matthew Orvedahl (Caledonia, Wis.), Mark David (Milwaukee), Ozan Emsun (Milwaukee, Conn.) and Mario Di Benedetto (Big Bend, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metering system includes a frame, first and second gates, and an actuator. The frame defines a chute configured to receive a supply of fasteners and maintain the fasteners in a line. The first and second gates are each mounted to the frame and movable to advance into the chute and retract away from the chute. The actuator is mechanically coupl...