ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,695, issued on April 22, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Position controlling device" was invented by Kazuyuki Hirata (Toyota, Japan) and Shigetomi Honda (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position controlling device controls the position of a loading platform. The loading platform includes a loading portion, a base portion, and a coupling portion. The base portion is provided below the loading portion in a manner of supporting the loading portion. The coupling portion couples the base portion and the loading portion with a restoring member between them. One of the upper part of the base portion a...