US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on July 22 for "Shape-memory effector systems" (Illinois, Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,083, issued on July 22, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Shape-memory effector systems" was invented by Charles Burton Swope (Coral Springs, Fla.), Matthew B. Hayes (Wheaton, Ill.) and Robert E. Beach (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An effector system includes: a plurality of effector assemblies configured to engage a target object; a base having a plurality of mounting surfaces for movably supporting the effector assemblies; a plurality of actuators coupled to the base, each actuator including: an actuator housing defining a conduit having a first end and a second end; an output membe...