US Patent Issued to Honeybee Robotics on May 5 for "Anti-backlash system and method of manufacture" (Colorado, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,465, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honeybee Robotics LLC (Longmont, Colo.).

"Anti-backlash system and method of manufacture" was invented by David M. Harrold (Longmont, Colo.), Charles R. Steinke (Longmont, Colo.), Erik Michael Plugge (Longmont, Colo.), Matthew Vera (Boulder, Colo.), Stella S. Dearing (Longmont, Colo.), Javier Venancio Becerra (Boulder, Colo.), Lee Carlson (Broomfield, Colo.) and Kyle Gotthelf (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system having an anti-backlash mechanism, a method for removing backlash, and an anti-backlash mechanism for a gear assembly is provided. The gear assembly having a pinion and an o...