ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,062, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).
"Part transfer system" was invented by James R. Kendall (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), Paul D. Shaw (Seattle), Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi (Kirkland, Wash.), Santiago M. Mejia (Johns Island, S.C.), Samantha Eberhardt (Charleston, S.C.), Samuel J. Knutson (Charleston, S.C.), Brian S. Carpenter (Summerville, S.C.) and Byron J. Autry (Charleston, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A part transfer system includes a movable support, a plurality of arms coupled to the movable support, and an end effector coupled to each of the plurality of arms. The end effector includes a body and a...