ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,765, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS LLC (Troy, Mich.).
"Pivoting lower arm for robotic sewing assembly" was invented by Nicholas Hallstedt (Sterling Heights, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic sewing assembly is provided and includes a sewing head body, an upper arm, a motor and a lower arm. The upper arm is attachable to the sewing head body and includes a sewing needle oriented along a first axis. The lower arm is rotatably attachable to the sewing head body to be rotatable about a second axis defined transversely with respect to the first axis by the motor. The lower arm includes a stitch plate, a...