US Patent Issued to DENSO WAVE on Jan. 28 for "Gripping apparatus for plate-shaped workpiece and gripping method for plate-shaped workpiece" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,511, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DENSO WAVE Inc. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Gripping apparatus for plate-shaped workpiece and gripping method for plate-shaped workpiece" was invented by Atsuko Sugano (Chita-gun, Japan) and Yohei Ota (Chita-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripping apparatus includes a tray, a detector, a robot, and a controller. The tray has a placement surface on which multiple workpieces of plate shape are to be placed. The placement surface is provided with multiple recesses. The detector is configured to detect arrangement of the workpieces placed on the tray. The robot is attached with a hand. The ...