US Patent Issued to IPR-Intelligente Peripherien fur Roboter Gmb on Feb. 10 for "Tool coupling device, tool coupling device set, robot and manufacturing or handling system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,939, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to IPR-Intelligente Peripherien fur Roboter Gmb (Eppingen, Germany).

"Tool coupling device, tool coupling device set, robot and manufacturing or handling system" was invented by Roman Batz (Eppingen, Germany), Marc Engelhart (Sinsheim, Germany) and Helge Schneider (Brackenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tool coupling device with two coupling subdevices, wherein one of the coupling subdevices is intended for the distal end of a robot arm, and the other coupling subdevice is intended to be provided on a tool which can be coupled to the robot arm. The coupling subdevices are uncouplable ...