ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,470, issued on May 13, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Autonomous mobile vehicle" was invented by Anthony L. Swann (Lancaster, Pa.), Swapnilsinh Solanki (Harrisburg, Pa.), Kyle Mongold (Millersburg, Pa.) and Jeffrey Zerbe (Bressler, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous mobile vehicle includes an automatic guided vehicle (AGV), a platform assembly coupled to the AGV, and a collaborative manipulator mounted to a support plate of the platform assembly. A safety sensor is coupled to the collaborative manipulator and includes a first proximity sensor fixed relative to the support plate and a seco...