ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,782, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Table driving device" was invented by Tetsuya Sakai (Toki, Japan) and Kousuke Tobari (Toki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A table driving device includes a first housing having first and second housing holes, a first bearing fitted in the first housing hole, a shaft member inserted in the first bearing and second housing hole, a second housing including an annular portion inserted between an inner surface surrounding the second housing hole and shaft member, a second bearing between the annular portion and shaft member, and a bracket. An annular space is ...