ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,379, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Connection plate" was invented by Liam D Harrison (Derby, Great Britain), Ian Kennedy (Derby, Great Britain), Thomas Hopper (Derby, Great Britain) and Andrew D Norton (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection plate for a continuum arm robotic, the connection plate having a collar for connecting to a continuum arm robot and a cut out section from one end and which extends to a plurality of apertures that are present within a face of the connection plate. A continuum arm robot including a robotic arm and a connection plate wherein the robotic arm i...