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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. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Timothy Vittor, Ladenburg, DE;
Inventor:
Timothy Vittor, Ladenburg, DE;
Assignee:
ABB AG, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a gripper finger including a surface area for clamping. This area this area is covered with a membrane including at least one section, which is substantially made of a shape memory polymer (SMP). The disclosure relates also to a gripper tool including such gripper finger and a method for adjusting such a gripper tool.