US Patent Issued to AROBOTECH SYSTEMS on July 8 for "Steady rest with predictable micron-sized adjustment" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,785, issued on July 8, was assigned to AROBOTECH SYSTEMS INC. (Madison Heights, Mich.).

"Steady rest with predictable micron-sized adjustment" was invented by Richard John Lessway (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Shawn Elizabeth Schultz (Fenton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steady rest has working and right-hand cover plates and a central plate sandwiched therebetween. The working cover plate has upper and lower guide tracks that are received within cavities. The central plate is movably disposed between the working and right-hand cover plates. The central plate slidably engages upper and lower gripping arms that are movable re...