ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,513, issued on April 29, was assigned to 3SAE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Multi-axis positioner" was invented by Robert Wiley (Franklin, Tenn.) and Brett Clark (Whites Creek, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-axis positioning stage or positioner includes a top plate supported and manipulatable by a plurality of prismatic joint actuators. Each actuator includes an actuator joint having four or five Degrees of Freedom (DOF) with the top plate. When one or more of the actuators extends or contracts, the pivot points, or four or five DOF actuator joints, of the remaining actuators are allowed to shift to move the top ...