ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,444, issued on March 17, was assigned to KOMATSU INDUSTRIES Corp. (Kanazawa, Japan).
"Workpiece transport device" was invented by Hidetoshi Akashi (Kanazawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece transport device capable of improving a workpiece transport speed to increase productivity is provided. The workpiece transport device transports a workpiece pressed by a press machine. The workpiece transport device includes a base portion, a crossbar that holds the workpiece, a parallel mechanism, and a motor. The parallel mechanism is supported on the base portion. The parallel mechanism is configured to change a position of t...