US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on June 2 for "Pneumatic soft actuators with tunable force-displacement relation and methods and machines therefor" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,226, issued on June 2, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Pneumatic soft actuators with tunable force-displacement relation and methods and machines therefor" was invented by Laura Helen Blumenschein (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Sicheng Wang (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pneumatic soft actuators, and methods and machines capable of modifying their performance and mechanical characteristics. Such a pneumatic soft actuator can be used to connect mechanical components and include an inflatable pouch formed by an airtight, flexible, non-stretchable membrane. The inflatable pouch has op...