US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on July 22 for "Loading robot hand, robot, and article holding method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,097, issued on July 22, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Loading robot hand, robot, and article holding method" was invented by Hideshi Yamane (Kobe, Japan), Shoichi Miyao (Kobe, Japan) and Toshiyuki Tsujimori (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading robot hand includes a first member, a second member, and a drive unit. The second member can hold an article between the first member and the second member. The drive unit moves the second member in a direction toward and away from the first member. The drive unit includes a moving base, a fluid cylinder, a pressure regulator, and a controller. The movin...