ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,166, issued on July 15, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Hygienic assembly and hygienic robot" was invented by Kangjian Wang (Shanghai), Shifu Cheng (Shanghai), Tao Zhang (Shanghai), Haiwei Li (Shanghai) and Xiaodong Cao (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hygienic assembly and a hygienic robot. The hygienic assembly includes a housing adapted to be connected to a reduction box of a joint of the robot, an opening, and a flange having a first end for connecting to an output member of the reduction box and a second end for connecting to an end effector. The assembly also includes a seal member which includes...