ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,548, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Gripper for a door and a control method thereof" was invented by Seung Ho Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Beomjun Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Seongsul Lee (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Moonhee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripper mounted on a robot is used in a smart factory to pick a door loaded on a pallet. The gripper includes: a frame mounted on a tool changer of the robot; a picking unit mounted on a front of the frame and applying pressure to and regulating each of upper and lowe...