ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,891, issued on May 13, was assigned to Igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Transverse bar and chain link with transverse bar" was invented by Georg Theiss (Cologne, Germany) and Andreas Hermey (Hennef, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transverse bar for releasably connecting two side portions of a chain link of an energy guide chain, wherein at least at one or at both of its ends the transverse bar has a fixing region for releasably fastening to the respective side portion and wherein the fixing region of the transverse bar includes a locking element which is transferable into a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein ...