ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,387, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Part holding jig, robot system, and part mounting method" was invented by Tadanori Suzuki (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system includes a part supply robot for supplying a part to a workpiece. A tip of an arm of the part supply robot is equipped with a master plate of a tool changer. A part holding jig includes a tool plate detachably attached to the master plate, a pull/release mechanism pulled onto and released from the workpiece in accordance with an operation via the master plate, and a part pressing mechanism coupled to the pull/rel...