US Patent Issued to HI-LEX on March 17 for "Forward/backward movement device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,816, issued on March 17, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Forward/backward movement device" was invented by Shohei Tanaka (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a forward/backward movement device, when a forward/backward movement member moves forward, an engagement part and a to-be-engaged part are in an engaged state such that a biasing force of a biasing member is applied to a pressing force transmitting member, and when the pressing force transmitting member is positioned in a backward position, the engagement part and the to-be-engaged part are in a non-engaged state such that the biasing force of the biasi...