US Patent Issued to Daifuku on June 30 for "Pressing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,150, issued on June 30, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Pressing apparatus" was invented by Shuei Seno (Hinocho, Japan) and Kazuki Ogawa (Hinocho, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing apparatus includes base members; pressing members configured to move in a first direction with respect to the base members; a link mechanism; a driving device; and a coupling mechanism, in which the link mechanism includes: fixed pivots having fixed positions with respect to the base members; driven pivots configured to be driven by the driving device and move along a second direction; and moving pivots having fixed position...