ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,996, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Rotary table" was invented by Kousuke Tobari (Toki, Japan) and Tetsuya Sakai (Toki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary table includes a base body, a movable ring rotatably arranged on the base body, a fixed ring arranged on an inner periphery side of the movable ring and fixed to the base body, and a plurality of rolling elements. The rotary table includes a sensor fixed to the base body and a dog fixed to the movable ring. The movable ring has a scale extending at least at a portion of an outer peripheral side surface, and a groove-shaped recess fo...