ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,509, issued on March 17, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Coupling structure and parallel link robot" was invented by Kentarou Ootani (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The coupling structure includes: a pair of attachment members that are supported on two links) that each have a longitudinal axis and move parallel to each other with a gap therebetween so as to be able to rotate about rotation axes that are perpendicular to a plane that includes the longitudinal axes of both the links; and a coupling mechanism that fixes the distance between the pair of attachment members in an adjustable manner."
The ...