ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,304, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Traveling vehicle system" was invented by Masayoshi Torazawa (Inuyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traveling vehicle system may include a traveling vehicle and a track including first tracks, second tracks, and a partial track. The traveling vehicle may include a traveler to travel on an upper side of the track, a main body below the track, and a coupler to couple the traveler and the main body. A gap through which the coupler passes when the traveling vehicle travels may be between the first track and the partial track, and between the second t...