US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 17 for "Overspray-free robotic paint system including fixture lifting, positioning, and orienting robots" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,511, issued on March 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Overspray-free robotic paint system including fixture lifting, positioning, and orienting robots" was invented by Xiang Zhao (Novi, Mich.), Hua-tzu Fan (Troy, Mich.), John Patrick Spicer (Plymouth, Mich.), Miguel Arturo Saez (Clarkston, Mich.) and Jorge F. Arinez (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overspray-free paint system includes: a paint robot including an overspray-free paint applicator; and a first fixture robot for lifting and orienting a fixture assembly relative to at least one of the paint robot and the overspra...