US Patent Issued to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University on Aug. 4 for "Soft pneumatic module and soft pneumatic gripper" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,740, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Soft pneumatic module and soft pneumatic gripper" was invented by Ja Choon Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yeo Il Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eun Jeong Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seon Il Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft pneumatic module includes a first frame defining a first path portion, a second frame opposite to the first frame and defining a second path portion, a retainer connected to the first frame and the second frame, a plurality of f...