ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,524, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TECHNO DYNAMICS INC. (Shizouka, Japan).

"Barrel cam device" was invented by Heizaburo Kato (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrel cam device includes a barrel cam, an output table that includes a plurality of cam followers that engage with the barrel cam, and that rotates by rotation of the barrel cam, and a clamp device that clamps the output table when the output table is stopping."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/577,100.

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