ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,970, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HAVER & BOECKER OHG (Oelde, Germany).
"Displacement device and method for displacement" was invented by Christian Westarp (Oelde, Germany) and Rene Mackel (Diestedde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A displacement device for a handling device, having an articulation mechanism on which the handling device is accommodated, wherein the handling device is displaceable by the articulation mechanism between a first position and a second position. A pre-loading device is in operative connection with the articulation mechanism and/or the handling device to intercept the weight of the articulat...