ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,115, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Schneeberger Holding AG (Roggwil, Switzerland).
"Linear guide device" was invented by Thomas Grolimund (Langenthal, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear guide device includes a rail that has a first advancing device extending along a longitudinal direction, a carriage that can be displaced relative to the rail along the longitudinal direction and has a second advancing device extending along the longitudinal direction, a cage that can be displaced relative to the rail and the carriage along the longitudinal direction and a coupling element that is designed for simultaneously enga...