ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,397, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Festo SE & Co. KG (Esslingen, Germany).
"Toothed belt axis with a clamping apparatus" was invented by Erwin Bezjak (Ostfildern, Germany) and Rainer Konermann (Nurtingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toothed belt axis with a toothed belt, a toothed belt disk, a deflector, a profile body extending along a motion axis, a slide and a clamping apparatus. The slide includes a first front surface, into which first front surface a first reception opening extending along the motion axis for receiving the clamping apparatus is inserted. The profile body is configured for linearly movable guid...