US Patent Issued to The Boeing, Korean Air Lines on April 7 for "End effector and methods of use" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,634, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.) and Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"End effector and methods of use" was invented by Harinder Singh Oberoi (Snohomish, Wash.), Kevin Marion Barrick (Kingston, Wash.), Yuanxin Charles Hu (Newcastle, Wash.), Melissa A. Johnson (Puyallup, Wash.), Laura Carolyn Foster (Brier, Wash.), Hwangyu Shin (Gimhae-si, South Korea), Gi Jun Hong (Busan, South Korea) and Youngwoo Koh (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector is presented. The end effector comprises a torque wrench and a first vacuum source. The torque wrench is configured...