ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,357, issued on June 10, was assigned to SARTORIUS LAB INSTRUMENTS GMBH & Co. KG (Goettingen, Germany).
"Method of manufacturing a weighing system, gravimetric measuring device and method of operating the same" was invented by Otto Kuhlmann (Bovenden, Germany) and Matthias Geisler (Noerten-Hardenberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a weighing system (10) includes, first, modeling a blank that includes a base (12) having at least one wall (26) and a lever (20) hinged to the base (12) via thin-section joints (14) and secured to the base (12) via material bridges. The lever (20) has a lever portion adja...