US Patent Issued to FANUC on Sept. 8 for "Control device and machine system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,543, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Control device and machine system" was invented by Nobuaki Yamaoka (Yamanashi, Japan) and Takashi Satou (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller includes a control unit which performs mass measurement or force control using a torque sensor that detects a torque acting on a link in a machine. A torque sensor adjustment unit of the controller performs adjustment of the torque sensor using an external instrument."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2021, under Application No. 18/719,397.

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