ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,760, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to THK Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Guide apparatus and guide structure" was invented by Hiroyuki Kishi (Tokyo), Ryuji Furusawa (Tokyo), Tomomitsu Hirohashi (Tokyo), Ayako Miyajima (Tokyo), Hiroyoshi Yasutake (Tokyo), Ryunosuke Ozeki (Tokyo) and Ryosuke Maruki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide apparatus includes a track member, a movable member having a first rolling surface that forms a load rolling passage together with a rolling surface of the track member, and a damper provided on a first surface. The first surface is at least a portion of the surface of the movable member opposed to the tra...