US Patent Issued to The Boeing, Strata Manufacturing PJSC on May 13 for "Nut plate grippers, end effectors that include nut plate grippers, robots that include end effectors, installation systems that include robots, and related methods" (Australian, Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,856, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.) and Strata Manufacturing PJSC (United Arab Emirates).

"Nut plate grippers, end effectors that include nut plate grippers, robots that include end effectors, installation systems that include robots, and related methods" was invented by Benjamin S. Zielinski (Melbourne, Australia), Jason Cochrane (Melbourne, Australia), Ashkan Amirsadri (Melbourne, Australia) and Andre D. Swart (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nut plate grippers, end effectors that include nut plate grippers, robots that include end effectors, installation systems that i...