ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,646, issued on June 24, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).
"Media handling device module alignment" was invented by Jamie Stewart (Dundee, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensors are mounted to surfaces of an intermediate module and a lower module of a media handling device. The sensors report to firmware and the firmware determines whether the lower module is in proper alignment with the intermediate module based on the reported sensor data. A spring plunger is configured with sufficient tension to push the lower module into alignment and a motorized latch controlled by the firmware is configured to pull the lo...