ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,651, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NTN Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Parallel link mechanism and link operation device" was invented by Toshiki Takaki (Iwata, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a parallel link mechanism, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three link mechanisms such that a posture of the distal end side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal end side link hub. Each link mechanism includes a proximal side end link member rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the proximal end side link hub, a distal side end link member rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the d...