ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,014, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).

"Line guiding system with simplified guiding device for transverse stabilizing and add-on module therefor" was invented by Andreas Hermey (Hennef, Germany) and Joerg Dommnik (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A line guiding system comprising an articulated line guiding apparatus which, for guiding supply lines between two connection points that are movable relative to each other, is curved about a deflection axis extending in a transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, and a separate guiding device for guiding the lin...