US Patent Issued to Fanuc on April 29 for "Structure of drive portion for relatively rotating plurality of structure portions and robot comprising joint portion" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,857, issued on April 29, was assigned to Fanuc Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Structure of drive portion for relatively rotating plurality of structure portions and robot comprising joint portion" was invented by Tomoya Konishi (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a structure of a joint portion which suppresses deterioration or damage of a seal member arranged inside the joint portion. The joint portion rotates a first structure portion and a second structure portion relatively to each other. The structure of the joint portion comprises: an oil seal which is arranged in a gap portion; and a labyrinth member which i...