US Patent Issued to J. Schmalz on Dec. 2 for "Safety coupling and handling system comprising a safety coupling" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,560, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to J. Schmalz GmbH (Glatten, Germany).

"Safety coupling and handling system comprising a safety coupling" was invented by Walter Schaaf (Freudenstadt-Gruntal, Germany) and Matthias Frey (Sulz-Durrenmettstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety coupling for connecting an end effector to a manipulator, comprising a manipulator coupling portion for connecting the safety coupling to the manipulator, an end effector coupling portion for connecting the safety coupling to the end effector, a lowering device, which connects the manipulator coupling portion and the end effector coupling portio...