US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Feb. 18 for "Driving mechanism and robot" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,898, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Driving mechanism and robot" was invented by Hidenori Hama (Shiojiri, Japan), Yuta Ichimiya (Matsumoto, Japan) and Shingo Hoshino (Hokuto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving mechanism according to an aspect includes a first pulley configured to rotate around a first axis, a motor configured to rotate the first pulley around the first axis, a second pulley disposed to be separated from the first pulley and configured to rotate around a second axis parallel to the first axis, a first belt laid around the first and second pulleys and configured to transmit p...