ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,316, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to A&D COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Method for confirming weighing performance of balance, and balance for the same" was invented by Kazuna Okabe (Saitama, Japan) and Hisanori Oda (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to achieve the object described above, an electronic balance includes a weighing pan, a windshield, door opening and closing mechanisms configured to automatically open and close doors of the windshield, a weight sensor, a built-in weight, a weight applying and removing mechanism for the built-in weight, and a control unit, the control unit measures a standard deviation o...