US Patent Issued to FANUC on Nov. 3 for "Seal structure for an arm constituting a robot" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,709, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Seal structure for an arm constituting a robot" was invented by Kenta Itokazu (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The seal structure according to one aspect of the present disclosure can be widely applied between various members to be sealed. A seal structure includes a first member, a sealing member, and a second member fastened to the first member with the sealing member interposed therebetween. The first member has a groove for receiving liquid that has entered from the outside between the first member and the sealing member."

The patent was filed...