US Patent Issued to SEMES on July 14 for "Crane device, driving method thereof, and stocker including same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,082, issued on July 14, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Crane device, driving method thereof, and stocker including same" was invented by Seok Hee Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Eun Sang Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crane device comprises: a first crane robot; and a second crane robot. The first crane robot comprises: a first column configured to be movable in a first direction and extend in a second direction; a first arm unit configured to be movable along the first column; and a first drive unit installed in an upper part of the first column and configured to...