ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,053, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Robotic gripper apparatus" was invented by Hadi Atwi (Dearborn, Mich.) and Richard Moore (Fenton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic gripper apparatus for an automated additive manufacturing production system (AAMPS) includes a pair of gripping assemblies. Each gripping assembly is moveable in a transverse direction between a first position in which the gripping assembly engages an AAMPS workpiece and a second position in which the gripping assembly is disengaged from the AAMPS workpiece. Each gripping assembly includes a gripping ele...