ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,674, issued on May 20, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Packaging apparatus and method for producing packaging units" was invented by Johann Luber (Bad Feilnbach, Germany), Thomas Stadler (Kolbermoor, Germany), Tobias Gut (Unterhaching, Germany), Herbert Spindler (Niedermoosen, Germany) and Markus Gabler (Rohrdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a packaging apparatus (1) and a method used to produce packaging units (35). The packaging units (35) comprise at least one article (30), such as a beverage can (31), held in a packaging blank (20) having at least in some portions or areas t...