ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,161, issued on July 15, was assigned to Shenzhen Han's Robot Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China).
"Joint module and articulated robot" was invented by Zhiyong Xiao (Guangdong, China), Maofeng Shao (Guangdong, China), Guoping Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Guangneng Wang (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a joint module and an articulated robot. The joint module comprises a hollow shaft having first and second ends, a speed reducer assembly and a motor assembly sleeved on the hollow shaft, and an encoder assembly. The power output end of the motor assembly is connected to the first end via the speed reducer a...