ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,216, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Qlar Europe GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Chain link, plate-link chain and chain conveyor" was invented by Andreas Schuetz (Darmstadt, Germany) and Stefan Goetz (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chain link for a plate-link chain of a chain conveyor having two substantially flat side walls, which are spaced apart from, and parallel to, each other in a transverse direction (x-direction) of the chain link and securely fastened together, and two force introduction components. Every force introduction component protrudes outwards in the transverse direction (x-direction) from its as...