ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,666, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MECHAVISION INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Automatic device and safety apparatus thereof" was invented by Jui-Yiao Su (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chang-Ho Liou (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yuan-Li Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Shin-Ming Cheng (Zhubei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety apparatus is used to be arranged at a movable member of automatic device and is communicatively connected to a controller of the automatic device. The safety apparatus includes a contact detector and a module. The contact detector is for detecting a contact event of the safety apparatus, and outputting a contact signal. The...