US Patent Issued to FANUC on July 7 for "Spindle device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,374, issued on July 7, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Spindle device" was invented by Toshifumi Muramatsu (Minamitsuru-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a spindle device which can inhibit the spreading of the exterior shape of a housing in the radial direction of a shaft. One embodiment relates to a spindle device having a tubular member which is fixed to a housing through which a shaft is inserted, and which extends to outside along the axial direction of the shaft from an end surface of the housing on the other end side of the shaft. The spindle device includes: a holding part which is provided ...