US Patent Issued to ATS Automation Tracking System on Aug. 11 for "Serial multi-up effector and rotary table for use in an automated assembly line" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,582, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ATS Automation Tracking System Inc. (Cambridge, Canada).

"Serial multi-up effector and rotary table for use in an automated assembly line" was invented by Paul Kosinski (Rolling Meadows, Ill.), Alexander Joseph Folz (Park Ridge, Ill.), Mateus de Camargo Jonas (Chicago) and Howard F. Speiden (Bensenville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A serial multi-up effector can be used in an automated assembly line in order pick parts from a parts bin one after the other before placing them at a desired location. In an automated assembly line, a parts bin will be depleted of parts and need to be replac...