ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,195, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Modular robot connector" was invented by Jorn Richter (Kandern, Germany), Michael White (Oberdorf, Switzerland) and Philipe Lindenmann (Basal, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot connector, including: a connector configured to connect to a mounting surface of a robot; a guiding insert that is compressible, wherein the guiding insert has an opening configured to receive a guide tube; a guide tube holder with an opening wherein the guide tube is attached to the connector and the opening is configured to receive the compressible guiding...