US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on April 8 for "Mechanical joint with five degrees of freedom" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,539, issued on April 8, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Mechanical joint with five degrees of freedom" was invented by Carl Bjoerk (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a mechanical joint with five degrees of freedom. In certain embodiments, the mechanical joint includes first and second triangular linkages. The first triangular linkage includes a base end configured to hingedly couple to a first body to pivot relative to the first body and a vertex end that includes a first rotational member. The second triangular linkage includes a base end configured to hinged...