ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,141, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Canon Virginia Inc. (Newport News, Va.).
"Carriage system" was invented by Connor Leschinsky (Hampton, Va.), Thomas Wheeless (Hampton, Va.), Leonardlee Pascual (Chesapeake, Va.), Hesham Elsaghir (Coral Springs, Fla.), Paul Risque (Williamsburg, Va.) and Taisuke Isano (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carriage that records data while moving on a rail system including a first moving unit located on one side of the rail and configured to move along the rail, a second moving unit located on a different side of the rail from the first moving unit and configured to move along the rail, a...