ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,517, issued on May 13, was assigned to MA micro automation GmbH (St. Leon-Rot, Germany).
"Method for handling individual parts, handling systems, and grouping unit" was invented by Roland Wandura (Limburgerhof, Germany), Andreas Wild (Bretten, Germany) and Jochen Hornle-Hohl (Stutensee-Friedrichstal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling system and/or a grouping unit of a handling system and a method for handling individual parts that have to be removed from a preceding production process, in particular injection-molded parts in the form of pipette tips that are produced in groups in an injection molding machine with a mu...