ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,921, issued on Aug. 12.
"Coating device and corresponding coating process" was invented by Hans-Georg Fritz (Ostfildern, Germany), Benjamin Wohr (Eibensbach, Germany), Marcus Kleiner (Besigheim, Germany), Moritz Bubek (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Timo Beyl (Besigheim, Germany), Frank Herre (Oberriexingen, Germany) and Steffen Sotzny (Oberstenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns a coating device and a corresponding coating process for coating components, in particular motor vehicle body components, with a coating agent (e.g. paint), with a coating robot with a first printhead which is mounted on the coating ...