ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,400, issued on June 3, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Transmission with integrated overload protection for a legged robot" was invented by Zachary John Jackowski (Sommerville, Mass.) and Adam Young (Waltham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example robot includes: a motor disposed at a joint configured to control motion of a member of the robot; a transmission including an input member coupled to and configured to rotate with the motor, an intermediate member, and an output member, where the intermediate member is fixed such that as the input member rotates, the output member rotates therewith at a diff...