US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 7 for "Systems and methods for manufacturing with an end effector having two or more independent tools" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,422, issued on July 7, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for manufacturing with an end effector having two or more independent tools" was invented by Dooil Hwang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Terebara Hughes (Warren, Mich.), Thiagarajan Chidambareswaran (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Jeffrey A. Abell (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for manufacturing with an end effector. The end effector includes a coupling device configured to be functionally coupled to a robotic arm of an articulating robot, first and second tool arms coupled to and ...