ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,293, issued on Aug. 19.
"Parallel kinematic mechanisms with decoupled rotational motions" was invented by Shorya Awtar (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Gregory Brian Bowles (Fenton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parallel kinematic mechanism apparatus includes a frame, a handle and an input joint that connects having at least two independent and functionally parallel paths for transmission of motion coupling the handle to the frame. A first path includes a first intermediate body connected to the frame by a first connector and to the handle by a third connector while the second path that is independent from the first path includes a se...