ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,822, issued on July 8.
"Protective covering for a robot hand axis" was invented by Patrick Haussermann (Korb, Germany), Peter Marquardt (Steinheim a. d. Murr, Germany), Joachim Schneider (Tauberbischofsheim, Germany) and Ralph Glaser (Schomberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a protective covering for a robot hand axis of a robot, in particular in a painting robot. The protective covering according to the disclosure has a protective sheath for at least partially enclosing the robot hand axis. Furthermore, the protective covering according to the disclosure has a proximal protective sheath fastening fo...