US Patent Issued to Siemens Logistics on March 18 for "Baggage-conveying system and method for filling a baggage carousel of a baggage-conveying system with items of baggage" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,352, issued on March 18, was assigned to Siemens Logistics GmbH (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Baggage-conveying system and method for filling a baggage carousel of a baggage-conveying system with items of baggage" was invented by Andreas Klossek (Stein-Deutenbach, Germany) and Bengt Mueck (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baggage conveying system and method for space-optimized filling of a baggage carousel of the system with baggage items is provided, because reclaiming of baggage is delayed if baggage carousels at airports have no more capacity. The method includes transporting an item of baggage lying in a flat, stable...