ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,807, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Mobile body moving device" was invented by Kenji Matsumura (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile body moving device includes: a mobile body; an engaged portion; a lock mechanism including an engaging portion, a driving section, and a position detection section; a control section calculating a reference electrical quantity by multiplying time taken for movement of the engaging portion from a movement start position to a predetermined position by an initial voltage for the movement; and a voltage detection section. When determining that the position d...