ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,630, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).

"Kit for a gripper head apparatus for transporting components" was invented by Mark Knight Robinson (Fresham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit is provided for a gripping apparatus. The gripping apparatus includes a body defining a chamber and an exhaust at a first end of the body. The gripping apparatus also includes an air conveyor positioned within the chamber. The air conveyor is configured to generate an air flow through an inlet and out through the exhaust. The kit includes a plurality of gripper heads each configured to be attached to a sec...