ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,433, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Overhead transport vehicle" was invented by Makoto Kobayashi (Ise, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead transport vehicle includes a gripper unit that grips an article, a hoist unit that lifts and lowers the gripper unit, and a hoist support unit supporting the hoist unit. The hoist unit is vertically movably mounted on the hoist support unit, and an anti-vibration member is interposed between the hoist support unit and the hoist unit."
The patent was filed on March 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/120,508.
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