ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,276, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Positioning jig" was invented by Morio Oowaki (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning jig for a robot having two members constituting a joint, are supported to be movable relative to each other, and are provided with machined flat surfaces extending parallel to a relative movement direction, the surfaces having a linear marking placed therein, the marking extending in a direction orthogonal to the relative movement direction. The positioning jig includes: a base part with a flat pressing surface placeable in close contact with one of the...