ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,694, issued on May 20, was assigned to Agfa NV (Mortsel, Belgium).
"Rolling element assembly for adjustment of telescopic arm" was invented by Guenther Schindlbeck (Munich) and Johannes Hoelzl (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is related to a rolling element assembly that can be integrated into a telescopic arm segment assembly, comprising a pair of auto-adjusting rolling elements, that assume their optimal mounting position between two concentric telescopic arm segments, as they are spring-loaded by the presence of a connecting spring element. The final adjustment and fixation of the rolling elements (comprising ...