ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,513, issued on March 17, was assigned to CANON DENSHI K.K. (Saitama, Japan).

"Driving apparatus and inspection system" was invented by Tomohiro Tomaru (Saitama, Japan), Hiroyuki Saito (Saitama, Japan), Takashi Arai (Saitama, Japan), Takamasa Kuboki (Saitama, Japan), Riku Nonaka (Gunma, Japan), Taku Kamura (Saitama, Japan), Taro Ebisugi (Saitama, Japan), Hironobu Sato (Chiba, Japan) and Masaru Senda (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving apparatus connectable to a driving target to be driven based on a plurality of powers, comprising a shaft body extending in a first direction, and a plurality of power generation un...