US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 2 for "Grip device and controlling method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,231, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Grip device and controlling method thereof" was invented by Hyunwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sahnggyu Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunseok Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grip device includes a first finger with a groove on a gripping surface thereof; a second finger facing the first finger; a middle member inserted into the groove of the first finger and covering the gripping surface; a plurality of mono-axial force sensors each positioned on one of a plurality of inclined surfaces of the groove and conf...