US Patent Issued to Chieftek Precision on Nov. 18 for "Robotic tool changer system through magnetic coupling force and all-round mechanical locking" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,645, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Chieftek Precision Co. Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Robotic tool changer system through magnetic coupling force and all-round mechanical locking" was invented by Ming-Che Hsu (Tainan, Taiwan) and Syuan-Jyun Wu (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic tool changer system through magnetic coupling force and all-round mechanical locking includes a first coupling unit, a plurality of second coupling units, and a plurality of tool changer grippers. The first coupling unit is fixed to a robot arm. The first coupling unit includes a first locking unit and a first magnetic unit. Each second ...