ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,363, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI (Istanbul) and MARMARA UNIVERSITESI (Istanbul).
"Actuators for soft robotic applications" was invented by Ayse Feyza Arslan (Istanbul), Kadir Ozlem (Bursa, Turkey), Fidan Khalilbayli (Istanbul), Hend Elmoughni (Istanbul), Asli Tuncay Atalay (Istanbul), Gokhan Ince (Istanbul) and Ozgur Atalay (Istanbul).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Soft actuators controlled by fluid pressure comprise two sacs which provide for the flexion of a structure upon pressurizing this structure that has an anisotropic flexibility, which is provided by different knitted layers. The knitted la...