ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,447, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to VERSITECH Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
"Smart soft actuation unit for underwater applications" was invented by Zheng Wang (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Zhong Shen (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Yafei Zhao (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are soft origami actuators with embedded optical waveguides and underwater manipulator applications."
The patent was filed on March 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/920,813.
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