ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,406, issued on May 6, was assigned to DAIHEN Corp..
"Transfer robot" was invented by Jun Iura (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer robot includes a movable mechanism, a support base moved by the movable mechanism, a horizontal arm pivotable relative to the support base around a first vertical axis, a motor in the horizontal arm to pivot the arm, and a hand disposed above the arm and rotatable relative to the arm around a second axis parallel to the first axis. The hand holds a planar workpiece placed thereon. The arm includes a rotation stage for holding the planar workpiece placed thereon. The rotation stage is ro...