ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,000, issued on April 14, was assigned to AMADA Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Workpiece conveying wheeled platform and working system" was invented by Hiroki Tsuruta (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider configured to move in a predetermined direction between a setup area and a pickup area is provided in a vicinity of a loading machine that supplies a workpiece W to a working machine. The slider is recessed to form a placing part for placing a pallet. Guide mechanisms for supporting the slider so as to be movable in the predetermined direction are respectively arranged on both sides in a lateral direction orthogonal...