ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,390, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Wipotec GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany).
"Holder for and x-ray protection element" was invented by Hans-Sebastian Hohler (Hildesheim, Germany) and Bernd Zinke (Mandelbachtal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a holder for arranging a protective element in the X-ray inspection apparatus. The holder includes a plurality of receiving structures arranged one behind the other in a conveying direction, in order to be able to easily insert or remove the protective element at different positions along the conveying direction."
The patent was filed on Jan. 27,...