US Patent Issued to Magswitch Automation on Feb. 17 for "Component handling systems and methods" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,048, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Magswitch Automation Co. (Superior, Colo.).

"Component handling systems and methods" was invented by Rossen Maltchev (Schaumburg, Ill.), David H. Morton (Boulder, Colo.), Cengiz Kizilkan (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Paul J. Karp (Thornton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rotational drives may have at least two degrees of freedom. End-of-arm-tools may incorporate rotational drives. The end-of-arm-tools may include one or more linear adjustable assemblies and one or more rotational adjustable assemblies. The end-of-arm-tools may include various tools, such as magnetic grippers."

The patent was...