US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 3 for "Systems and methods for handling a workpiece and methods for modifying lifts" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,615, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for handling a workpiece and methods for modifying lifts" was invented by Brent A. Beach (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift includes a lift-arm, a joint that is coupled to the lift-arm, and a lift-frame that is coupled to the joint, opposite the lift-arm. The lift includes a gripper that is coupled to the lift-frame. The lift includes a lift-drive assembly that revolves the lift-frame about a lift-axis that is parallel to a pitch-axis of the lift-frame and relative to the lift-arm. The lift includes a roll-drive assembly ...