US Patent Issued to Itoh Denki on March 17 for "Conveyance device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,061, issued on March 17, was assigned to Itoh Denki Co. Ltd. (Kasai, Japan).

"Conveyance device" was invented by Kazuo Itoh (Kasai, Japan), Toshiyuki Tachibana (Kasai, Japan), Akira Takanaga (Kasai, Japan), Mitsuo Inoue (Kasai, Japan) and Shin Asada (Kasai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyance device capable of reducing the frequency of stopping. A plurality of conveyance units are connected to form a conveyance path. The conveyance unit includes a drive device that drives the conveyance unit, and an individual control device that controls the conveyance unit. The individual control device drives the conveyance unit whe...