US Patent Issued to Fanuc on Dec. 30 for "Balancer unit for balancing rotary element of machine, and machine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,725, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Fanuc Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Balancer unit for balancing rotary element of machine, and machine" was invented by Tadatoki Shimada (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balancer unit includes a biasing mechanism that generates a moment by biasing a rotary element of a machine and a casing that is rotatably supported by the machine with support shafts therebetween, and that accepts the biasing mechanism. The casing has a peripheral wall that surrounds the biasing mechanism and hollow shaft-accepting parts that are provided to the peripheral wall so as to protrude inwardly from th...