ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,690, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BEIJING SOFT ROBOT TECH. Co. LTD. (Beijing).
"External clip-on fixture" was invented by Lingfeng Zhang (Suzhou, China), Xinghao Mou (Suzhou, China), Yuanrui Zhao (Suzhou, China) and Lei Bao (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an external clip-on fixture. The external clip-on fixture may include a support structure (1) and a first elastic member (2). The first elastic member (2) may be configured to sealedly wrap the support structure (1) and expand inward along a radial direction under actions of an inflating and deflating device. The external clip-on f...