ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,282, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ARRAYCORE AUTOMATION LLC (Grand Mound, Iowa).
"Index paddles for a robotic workstation centered on a rotating positioner table" was invented by Chris Mangelsen (Charlotte, Iowa), Kevin Thomas McClung (Eldridge, Iowa), Terry Daggett (Blue Grass, Iowa) and Richard Dean Rohret (Bettendorf, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter plate attached to the top of the riser, with a surface area extending outward from the top of the riser to provide the surface area larger than a perimeter of the top of the riser; a first guide mounted off-center of the adapter plate on a first side of the adapter ...