US Patent Issued to Haply Robotics on Dec. 2 for "Five-bar folding mechanism and method with quick release functionality" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,530, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Haply Robotics Inc. (Montreal).

"Five-bar folding mechanism and method with quick release functionality" was invented by Maciej Bartosz Lacki (Montreal), Felix Desourdy (Montreal) and Antoine Weill-Duflos (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are various embodiments of a five-bar folding mechanism and method with quick release functionality. In one embodiment, the mechanism is used with a five-bar linkage comprising a first arm and a second arm rotatively coupled to a same joint, the first arm and second arm defining an angle therebetween. The mechanism comprises an energy storage el...