ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,646, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Intelligrated Headquarters LLC (Mason, Ohio).
"Object gripping mechanism" was invented by Grant Repke Jeremiah (Steeleville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object gripping mechanism is provided for use with a robotic arm. A robotic arm and method of manufacturing an object gripping mechanism are also provided. The object gripping mechanism includes an attachment modular configured to connect the object gripping mechanism to the robotic arm. The object gripping mechanism also includes a plurality of retractable arms each pivotably connected with the attachment modular. The object grippin...