ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,447, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Grip device and robot device comprising same" was invented by Heeseung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Cheoggyu Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grip device is provided. A grip device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first finger; a second finger facing the first finger; a first link part including a first guide slot and supporting the first finger; a second link part supporting the second finger and includin...