ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,330, issued on June 3, was assigned to MTS Maschinenbau Gmbh (Mengen, Germany).
"Quick-change component store for auto body parts" was invented by Eckhard Laible (Leinfelden-Schlechtenmuhle, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a component storage device for workpieces which are mounted in stacking columns on or at pawls one above the other or next to one another characterized in that the stacking columns are arranged on a movable trolley. Also disclosed is a system for presenting workpieces with the component storage device characterized in that a coordinate system is assigned to the carriage. Further disclosed ...