US Patent Issued to General Electric, Oliver Crispin Robotics on Sept. 9 for "Snake-arm robot and joint therefor" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,571, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Snake-arm robot and joint therefor" was invented by Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain), Tim Henri Ann Francois (Emersons Green, Great Britain), Joseph Nelson (Cheswick Village, Great Britain) and Rory Bateman (St. George, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snake-arm robot assembly may include a first link and a second link with a joint formed therebetween including first and second contact portions in rolling contact with one another to allow the first and second links...