ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,878, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SCHUNK GmbH &Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik (Lauffen am Neckar, Germany).
"Compensating unit for an automation system" was invented by Marco Schafer (Untergruppenbach, Germany), Florian Piper (Heilbronn, Germany) and Christian Friedrich (Gundelsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compensating unit for an automation system, in particular for arranging between a handling apparatus and a tool, having a main part and having a fastening part, wherein the fastening part is arranged such that it can be moved in relation to the main part along at least one compensating direction from a basic po...