ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,944, issued on June 24, was assigned to Schneeberger Holding AG (Roggwil, Switzerland).
"Positioning device for positioning a movable element" was invented by Jean-Claude Zihlmann (Schoetz, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The positioning device for positioning a movable element includes a base including a flat guide surface parallel to first and second directions, and a Gantry beam in the second direction spaced from the guide surface. A Gantry drive for moving the beam relative to the base in the first direction, includes two first linear axes extending in the first direction, each including a linear drive. A first air be...