ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,688, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Schott AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Suction gripping device and method for receiving and storing flat flexible" was invented by Klaus-Peter Kurek (Mainz, Germany), Stefan Kreuzberger (Lorch, Germany), Michael Waschbusch (Undenheim, Germany), Volker Plapper (Alzey, Germany), Ulrich Engelhardt (Hannover, Germany), Dennis Frick (Mainz, Germany) and Nils Becker (Mainz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction gripping device for picking up a plurality of substrates which are flat and flexible includes: a base body, which defines a plane; at least one gas suction vacuum module which is arranged o...