ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,201, issued on July 29, was assigned to perma-tec Gmbh & Co. KG (Euerdorf, Germany).
"Lubricant dispenser" was invented by Ralf Engelhardt (Schweinfurt, Germany) and Matthias Lenhart (Bad Kissingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant dispenser has at least one lubricant reservoir, an electromechanical drive which acts on at least one actuation element for discharging lubricant from the lubricant reservoir, a battery which provides a battery voltage, and a control circuit-board assembly which has at least one main circuit board having an electronic circuit assembly including at least one central microcontroller and add...