ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,123, issued on June 10, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Impact-protection safety device for a robot" was invented by Wolfgang Volk (Frensdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact-protection safety device for a robot comprises a first connection part, which is intended to be connected to a robot arm, and a second connection part, which is intended to be connected to an actuator, wherein the connection parts cooperate with one another by means of guides of a first and second type, and a plurality of spring elements in the form of compression springs are tensioned between the ...