ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,225, issued on Sept. 30, 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 first support, a second support, and a link. The first support includes a first buffer and is connected to a belt on one side of a body in a width direction in plan view. The second support includes a second buffer and is connected to a belt at the other side of the body in the width direction. The link connects the first support and the second support, and reduces each of a first distance between the first supp...