US Patent Issued to AIDA ENGINEERING on April 15 for "Workpiece conveying apparatus and mounting and dismounting support mechanism for a workpiece holding device thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,111, issued on April 15, was assigned to AIDA ENGINEERING LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Workpiece conveying apparatus and mounting and dismounting support mechanism for a workpiece holding device thereof" was invented by Keisuke Takeda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a link mechanism including a movable member, a first coupling shaft, a first coupling member, a second coupling shaft, a second coupling member, and a third coupling shaft. When the movable member moves to a predetermined engagement position, a straight line connecting the first coupling shaft and the second coupling shaft to each...