US Patent Issued to Sarcos on Nov. 11 for "Solar panel dispensing device with vertical solar panel hopper loading and dispensing" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,066, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sarcos Corp. (Salt Lake City).

"Solar panel dispensing device with vertical solar panel hopper loading and dispensing" was invented by Fraser M. Smith (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel dispensing device comprising a hopper and a robotic arm. The hopper includes a base and a frame defining an interior volume and being configured to contain solar panels therein supported in an upright position. The robotic arm is moveable about the hopper in one or more degrees of freedom. The robotic arm includes a solar panel end effector operable to acquire a lead solar panel oriente...