ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,021, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lamiflex Group AB (Nykoping, Sweden).
"Robot tool and method for coil packaging" was invented by Adrian Robert (Nykoping, Sweden), Petter Jarte (Nykoping, Sweden), Marcus Forssblad (Nykoping, Sweden), Fredrik Rosenlind (Nykoping, Sweden) and Kristoffer Olsson (Nykoping, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot tool, a robot system and a method for packaging coils of sheet metal. A robot tool for coil packaging, having two ends, each end being provided with a coupling tool piece configured to interface with a robot arm; a roll holder shaft configured to hold a roll of wrapping material, the h...