ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,221, issued on June 2.
"18-axis orientation mechanism" was invented by Ching-Hsiang Trui (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure mechanism geometrically constituted by eighteen concentric axes is manipulated for spherical coordinate kinematics. The mechanism includes a U-frame set, a V-frame set, six U-arc-link sets, six V-arc-link sets, and six transmit sets."
The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2024, under Application No. 18/897,432.
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