ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,165, issued on July 15, was assigned to AVAR ROBOTICS INC. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
"Robotic joint with an automatic transmission" was invented by Stephen E. Delaporte (Devon, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic joint contains a transmission system that can shift from one gear set to another, either automatically or manually, allowing the joint to have different gear ratios that can drive different speeds and output torques. The transmission system is coupled to a driving actuator enclosed within the robotic joint, which may use a secondary actuator to activate a clutch such that it can shift the transmission from one gear set to a...