ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,884, issued on June 17, was assigned to ATS Corp. (Cambridge, Canada).
"Automated workpiece inversion systems and related methods" was invented by Kenneth Wayne Nicholson (Cambridge, Canada), Philip David Munroe (Cambridge, Canada), James Mark McLean (Cambridge, Canada), Robert James MacGregor (Cambridge, Canada), David Andrew Tait (Cambridge, Canada), Gustavo Barea (Cambridge, Canada) and Roger Craig Hogan (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inverting workpieces in a mass production process includes: advancing an end effector in electronic synchronization with advancement of a carrier to synchronize arrival...