ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,579, issued on April 14, was assigned to JABIL INC..
"Apparatus, system and method for clamping components" was invented by Jeroen Bosboom (St. Petersburg, Fla.), George Kovatchev (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Ward Palmer (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Babak Naderi (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Michael Patrick McKenney (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Lucas Nielsen (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system and method for providing a clamping system for a part associated with a pallet. The apparatus, system and method may include: two opposing jaws on the pallet, each comprising a gripper for gripping the part, and a jaw base....