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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Applicants:
Aditya Narayan Das, Irving, TX (US);
Stephen Savoie, Arlington, TX (US);
Inventors:
Aditya Narayan Das, Irving, TX (US);
Stephen Savoie, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B23Q 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41845 (2013.01); B23Q 37/005 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31044 (2013.01); Y02P 90/04 (2015.11); Y02P 90/16 (2015.11); Y02P 90/185 (2015.11);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a manufacturing system includes multiple manipulation modules each including means for mechanically and electrically connecting the module to another component in the system and an end effector including means for mechanically and electrically connecting the end effector to another component in the system, wherein the modules and end effector can be mechanically and electrically connected in multiple ways to alter the configuration of the system and the manufacturing tasks that the system can perform.