US Patent Issued to NACHI-FUJIKOSHI on Oct. 14 for "Vertical articulated robot" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,009, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP. (Tokyo).

"Vertical articulated robot" was invented by Shinya Ida (Toyama, Japan) and Hiroki Iida (Toyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical articulated robot has a base installed on a mounting surface, a first axis supported parallel to the mounting surface by the base, a pivot frame rotatable by the first axis, a second axis supported orthogonal to the first axis by the pivot frame, a lower arm rotatable by the second axis, a third axis supported parallel to the second axis by an end of the lower arm opposite to the second axis, a connecting arm rotatable by...