US Patent Issued to FORWARD on Oct. 6 for "Toggle clamp" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,402, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to FORWARD Co. LTD. (Aichi, Japan).

"Toggle clamp" was invented by Masayuki Yoshimura (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The workspace is sufficiently secured while controlling the occupied space. A toggle clamp includes: an actuator capable of linear reciprocating movement of a first shaft; a base plate having an arc-shaped long hole in which the first shaft is slidably fitted; a clamp arm; a base member that rotatably supports the base plate via a second shaft and rotatably supports the clamp arm via a third shaft; and a link member rotatably connected to the clamp arm via a fourth axis ...