US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Kagawa University on Sept. 30 for "Grip tool, grip system, slip detection device, slip detection program, and slip detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,981, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to National University Corporation Kagawa University (Takamatsu, Japan).

"Grip tool, grip system, slip detection device, slip detection program, and slip detection method" was invented by Hidekuni Takao (Takamatsu, Japan) and Masao Fujiwara (Takamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a grip tool that allows detecting a slip of an object. The grip tool includes a pair of grip portions that sandwiches to grip an object; an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the pair of grip portions; and at least one sensor unit disposed in one or both of the pair of grip portions. Th...