ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,883, issued on July 28, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Joint structure" was invented by Daisuke Shiramatsu (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a joint structure in which three-dimensionally intersecting joint surfaces of two members can be brought into close contact with each other. The joint structure comprises: a casing 2 having a first main joint surface 24, and a first sub-joint surface 25 that three-dimensionally intersects the first main joint surface 24; a cover 3 having a second main joint surface 34 facing the first main joint surface 24 and a second sub-joint surface 35...