ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,364, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Linear motion unit" was invented by Tomoaki Nakamura (Mino, Japan) and Mao Motoyama (Mino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear motion unit includes: a linear motion mechanism including a track member and a moving member; and a housing including a fastener. The fastener includes a first element, a second element meshable with the first element, a first slider, and a second slider located away from the first slider in longitudinal directions. The first slider and the second slider cause the first element and the second element to be separated from each...