ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,946, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Coupling unit, coupling method and coupling apparatus for the coupling between a component and a container" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy) and Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling method for coupling a component of a container to the container is presented. The method includes: arranging a coupling unit including a coupling assembly with a frame, a gripping device for the component, a coupling device for constrain...