ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,451, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SOMIC VERPACKUNGSMASCHINEN GMBH & Co. KG (Amerang, Germany).

"Conveying device and conveying system with such a conveying device" was invented by Christoph Koegel (Prutting, Germany), Josef Obermayer (Riedering, Germany) and Mathias Sickinger (Ampfing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a conveying device for an object and to a conveying system designed using magnetic levitation technology with such a conveying device. The conveying device comprises a mover, which is movable relative to a movement surface of the conveying system, and a receptacle which can be connec...