ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,692, issued on May 19.
"Serial handling and testing of electrical components" was invented by Gregory John Farrow (Cambridge, Canada), Andrew David Boyle (Cambridge, Canada) and Kenneth Mark Johannesson (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system for manipulating an electrical component between a first location and a second location, the system comprising: a movement element for moving a manipulation tool between the first location and the second location; the manipulation tool having one or more gripping elements for engaging the electrical component by grabbing the electrical component at the first location wh...