US Patent Issued to UBTECH ROBOTICS on April 22 for "Bidirectional energy storage device, robotic joint and robot" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,642, issued on April 22, was assigned to UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Bidirectional energy storage device, robotic joint and robot" was invented by Zhongkui Huang (Shenzhen, China), Hongyu Ding (Shenzhen, China), Yisen Hu (Shenzhen, China), MaLin Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Youpeng Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bidirectional energy storage device for a joint includes: a sleeve comprising an open end and an opposite, closed end; an elastic member attached to the sleeve; a sliding member slidably arranged at the open end of the sleeve, wherein opposite ends of the elastic member are respectively in ...