ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,493, issued on April 22, was assigned to CTRL ROBOT INC. (Saint-Isidore, Canada).
"End effector for robotic positioner" was invented by Martin Larouche (Saint-Isidore, Canada) and Hubert Thibault (Levis, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an end effector for a robotic positioner. The end effector has a frame adapted to connect to the robotic positioner, the frame defining a guide. A first gripper member is connected the frame and a second gripper member defines a follower operatively engaged to the guide, an engagement between the follower and the guide constraining the second gripper member to movement in at lea...