ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,709, issued on March 25, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Linear motion mechanism and horizontal articulated robot" was invented by Kenta Itokazu (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear motion mechanism is provided with a shaft extending along an axis, a drive mechanism which moves the shaft in the axis direction, a housing which accommodates the drive mechanism and which has an opening allowing one end portion of the shaft to project to the outside so as to be capable of moving backward and forward, and a tubular protective cover of which the two ends are fixed to the housing and the end portion of...