ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,438, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAAB SEAEYE Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).
"Manipulator module" was invented by Daniel James Hairsnape (Fareham, Great Britain) and Simon James Veater-Young (Fareham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulator module (100) comprising: a first housing segment (102) configured to be connected to a manipulator; a second housing segment (104) rotatably coupled to a distal end of the first housing segment (102) such that the second housing segment (104) can rotate about a longitudinal axis relative to the first housing segment (102); a linear actuator (118), wherein a distal end of...