ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,624, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Interroll Holding AG (Sant'Antonino, Switzerland).
"Conveyor roller" was invented by Dominik Langensiepen (Huckelhoven, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conveyor roller (2), comprising a metal tube (21) which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (A) and provides a contact surface (21a) for a conveyed object and/or a conveyor belt on an outer circumferential surface; the conveyor roller (2) comprises a communication arrangement (4), adapted for wireless communication, in particular an NFC arrangement or an RFID arrangement, the communication arrangement (4) in particular adapted ...