ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,816, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Three-dimensionally deflectable line guide apparatus, in particular for a robot" was invented by Jorg Ottersbach (Bornheim, Germany), Ralf Steeger (Lohmar, Germany), Irfan Krivdic (Cologne, Germany) and Matthias Meyer (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A line guide apparatus for guiding lines, such as cables, hoses or the like, in particular on an industrial robot. The line guide apparatus comprises links which are connected in articulated manner by a three-dimensionally deflectable articulated connection. Provision is made for the line guide apparatus...