ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,585, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KOSMEK LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Element changer" was invented by Yosuke Haruna (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element changer includes a plurality of operation pin members (4) inserted in a housing (3). Each of the operation pin members (4) has a wedge surface (12c). When the operation pin members (4) are pushed into the housing (3), each wedge surface (12c) is disengaged from an engaging portion (10a) provided at a leading end portion of a tubular wall portion (10) of a tool plate (2) or of a connection plate (1). This allows a tool (5) functioning as a second element to be detac...