US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on July 1 for "Active cooling system and method for robot manipulators" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,865, issued on July 1, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Active cooling system and method for robot manipulators" was invented by Yuri Anatoly Ivanov (Arlington, Mass.) and Xinyi Cai (Stoneham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system, a manipulator, and a method for cooling actuators are defined. The robotic system can include an actuator of a manipulator, an end effector (e.g., a suction end effector) operably coupled to the actuator, a supply line configured to supply air to the end effector, and a cooling sleeve coupled to the actuator. The end effector can be actuated by the air. The cooling sleeve...