ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,132, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Remote control device" was invented by Masayuki Kamon (Kobe, Japan), Kenji Kitani (Kobe, Japan) and Tomoki Oka (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control device includes: a first arm; a second arm connected to a tip-end part of the first arm; two rotary bodies disposed at a tip of the second arm; a link structure including link members fixed to the two rotary bodies; and a user interface attached to the link structure. The two rotary bodies are independently and rotatably supported by respective coaxial drive shafts. The user interface is pi...