US Patent Issued to Man-Machine Synergy Effectors on Sept. 8 for "Rotary actuator unit, and joint unit for robot or heavy equipment provided with same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,759, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Man-Machine Synergy Effectors Inc. (Shiga, Japan).

"Rotary actuator unit, and joint unit for robot or heavy equipment provided with same" was invented by Katsuya Kanaoka (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rotary actuator unit using simple link structure, and a robot joint unit employing the same. The rotary actuator unit comprises a first input part 10, a second input part 20, an output link member 30, an intermediate link member 40, an output side shaft OP, an intermediate shaft MP, and an input side shaft IP. The first input part 10 and the second input part 20 constit...