US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on April 29 for "Dual mounting for automated repair systems" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,867, issued on April 29, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Dual mounting for automated repair systems" was invented by Aaron K. Nienaber (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Brett R. Hemes (Woodbury, Minn.), Thomas J. Strey (River Falls, Wis.), Christie L. Vitale (Hudson, Wis.), Nathan J. Herbst (Woodbury, Minn.) and Jonathan B. Arthur (Hudson, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual mounted end-effector system mounted on a motive robot arm for preparing an object surface is described. The system includes a first tool configured to contact and prepare the object surface and a second tool configured to contact and prep...