US Patent Issued to Magswitch Automation on June 23 for "Component handling systems and methods" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,758, issued on June 23, was assigned to Magswitch Automation Co. (Superior, Colo.).

"Component handling systems and methods" was invented by Cengiz Kizilkan (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Joseph P. Cyrek (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end-of-arm tool and an associated fixture for clamping objects are disclosed. The end-of-arm tool and fixture may each have corresponding interfacing features, such that the end-of-arm tool may be located with respect to the feature. Such interfacing features may be used to clamp one or more objects between the tool and the fixture."

The patent was filed on June 15, 2022, under Applica...