ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,213, issued on May 27, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Universal console and pit assembly for a rail vehicle of an elevator system, rail system, and method for aligning the rail system" was invented by Erich Butler (Ebikon, Switzerland), Romeo Lo Jacono (Gravesano, Switzerland) and Peter Mori (Rothenburg, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal bracket for a rail system includes a positionable and alignable main support and at least one mounting point for at least one rail of the rail system. The main support has two guides that are inseparably connected to the main support in order to guide one ...