ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,953, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to L'Garde Inc. (Tustin, Calif.).
"Connection assembly" was invented by Bryan Yamamoto (Tustin, Calif.) and Nathaniel Barnes (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments provided herein include connection systems in which a gripper is actuated through introduction of a material to an interior cavity. Embodiments may include more than one cavity such that deployment and actuation may be separately controlled. Additional cavities may also be used and/or selection of valves between cavities such that actuation and/or deployment may further be controlled."
The patent was file...