US Patent Issued to The Gillette on Dec. 9 for "Method for forming gripper heads used to transport components" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,680, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).

"Method for forming gripper heads used to transport components" was invented by Mark Knight Robinson (Fresham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for forming one or more gripper heads to be used with a gripping apparatus. The method includes obtaining 3D data based on a geometry of a component. The method also includes forming one gripper head comprising 3D printing the gripper head based on the obtained 3D data. The forming step includes forming one or more openings in the gripper head and forming a nest of the gripper head to locate ...