ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,158, issued on June 24, was assigned to Wipotec GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany).
"Modular metrological device, in particular for a multi-track weighing machine" was invented by Ralf Burkart (Borrstadt, Germany), Jan Gottfriedsen (Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany) and Alexander Schulzki (Stelzenberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular weighing device includes a basic base module and a plurality of extension modules mechanically and electrically connected to the basic base module in a disconnectable manner. Each extension module includes an add-on base module and a connection module. The extension modules are arranged adja...