US Patent Issued to Google on May 20 for "Hard disk drive transformation from OEM packaging to automation friendly containers" (Washington, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,683, issued on May 20, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Hard disk drive transformation from OEM packaging to automation friendly containers" was invented by Rachel Soukup (Seattle), Michael Helsel (Seattle), Robert Hales Lundgreen (West Haven, Utah), Bryan Edward Overdiek (North Odgen, Utah) and George T. Davies (Brigham City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a cutting sub-system arranged for cutting a box into a first half and a second half and including at least one pair of cutting elements, a dunnage gripper sub-system arranged downstream of the cutting sub-system and including a dunnage gr...