ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,404, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Jig, method for assembling robot using jig, and robot" was invented by Takuya Aritani (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig includes: a first gear part that can be meshed with an input gear disposed in a casing by being inserted into the casing from the outside of the casing; a torque application part that is fixed to the first gear part, is disposed outside the casing in a state in which the first gear part is meshed with the input gear, and is capable of applying a torque about a first axis, which corresponds to an axis of the first gear part,...