US Patent Issued to Boston Dynamics on April 22 for "Electrical transfer assemblies for robotic devices" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,494, issued on April 22, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Electrical transfer assemblies for robotic devices" was invented by Devin Billings (Waltham, Mass.) and Steven Potter (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes systems and methods for fabrication and use of an assembly for a component of a robot. The assembly includes a first member including a set of electrically conductive annular surfaces, and a second member including a set of electrically conductive components configured to contact the set of electrically conductive annular surfaces. The first member and the second member ...