ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,144, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).
"Table device" was invented by Takahiro Nishiki (Nara, Japan) and Keisuke Ikai (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a table (2) for placing a workpiece (Wa) thereon, a supporting mechanism (10) including a rotary shaft (15, 16) and supporting the table (2) so as to be able to rock the table (2) about an axial center of the rotary shaft (15, 16), a first drive motor (20) rotating the rotary shaft (15) of the supporting mechanism (10) to rock the table (2), a balance imparting mechanism (30) imparting a balance load to the rot...