ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,799, issued on May 26, was assigned to DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. (Bonn, Germany).

"Gripper jaw, tool, tool system and method for operating a tool system" was invented by Roman Weitschat (WeBling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripper jaw for a robot gripper has a first gripper jaw interface corresponding with the robot gripper and a second gripper jaw interface corresponding with tools of a tool set. Each of the gripper jaw interfaces can be used as a mechanical interface, as a signal interface and as a power interface. The tools of the tool set can each include a tool interface corresponding with the se...