ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,115, issued on April 15, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Robotic paint repair" was invented by Aaron K. Nienaber (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Mark W. Orlando (Chesterfield Township, Mich.), Nathan J. Herbst (Woodbury, Minn.), Christie L. Vitale (Hudson, Wis.), Marc Eberwein (Velbert, Germany), Brett R. Hemes (Woodbury, Minn.), Jonathan B. Arthur (Hudson, Wis.) and Thomas J. Strey (River Falls, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc changing system for a robotic defect repair system is presented. The system has a first abrasive disc and a second abrasive disc. The first and second abrasive discs are coupled ...