ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,312, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Greenville, S.C.).
"Machine motion cam track follower" was invented by Kristen O'Brien (Greenville, S.C.), Jacob A. Salm (Greenville, S.C.) and Craig Sarratt (Greenville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a variable spray system for spraying a workpiece with a spray-able material at different angles. The variable spray system may include a linear actuator, a cam follower assembly, and a spray arm assembly. The linear actuator drives the cam follower assembly such that the cam follower assembly positions the spray arm assembly ...