ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,312, issued on April 29, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Clamp device and related transfer apparatus" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy), Giacomo Noferini (Bologna, Italy) and Cristian Dakessian (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pincer device for gripping and releasing articles from an operating station to a subsequent station, capable of operating, in a transfer apparatus, with a minimum footprint, without interfering with other pincer devices arranged at close...