ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,958, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Shutter" was invented by Akira Miyahara (Hinocho, Japan) and Kouichirou Nakashima (Hinocho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening and closing body includes a plurality of rod-shaped members, and a plurality of coupling members configured to couple the plurality of rod-shaped members. Each of the coupling members includes a pair of fitting parts that are spaced apart in a guide direction and configured to be fitted to a coupling target pair of rod-shaped members that are adjacent to each other in the guide direction. Each of the fitting parts includes ...