ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,971, issued on Feb. 24.
"Closure device for attaching to a robot" was invented by Thomas Hezel (Asperg, Germany) and Jurgen Haas (Knittlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a closure device for attaching to a robot, preferably quick closure device and/or for overpressure-tight closing of a cavity of the robot up to at least 175, 200 or 225 mbar. The closure device comprises a removable covering element for covering a cavity of the robot and a fastening apparatus for fastening the covering element to the robot, wherein the fastening apparatus comprises a rotatable closure element. The fastening appar...