ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,475, issued on July 1, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Transport apparatus" was invented by Masashige Iwata (Hinocho, Japan), Kazunari Kimura (Hinocho, Japan) and Hiroyoshi Murata (Hinocho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turning device includes a rattling restriction mechanism configured to restrict a rattling in a turning direction of a turner caused by backlashes in a transmission mechanism. The rattling restriction mechanism includes a pushed portion and a restriction section. The pushed portion includes a pushed face facing the turning direction. The restriction section includes: a contact member configur...