ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,669, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Purem GmbH (Neunkirchen, Germany).
"Interchangeable carrier system" was invented by Marco Massone (St. Wendel, Germany) and Daniel Krenz (St. Wendel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interchangeable carrier system, in particular for workstations for producing components for exhaust systems of internal combustion engines, includes a base unit and a carrier unit, which is to be releasably fixed to the base unit in a working position, wherein a coupling/fixing arrangement is provided on the base unit and a counterpart coupling/fixing arrangement, which can be brought into positive couplin...