US Patent Issued to Murata Machinery on Sept. 15 for "Carriage lifting/lowering device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,297, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Carriage lifting/lowering device" was invented by Jun Sai (Ise, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carriage lifting/lowering device includes: a first lifting/lowering rail; a second lifting/lowering rail; a first lifting/lowering drive unit configured to lift and lower the first lifting/lowering rail; a second lifting/lowering drive unit configured to lift and lower the second lifting/lowering rail; a first body unit configured to movably support the first lifting/lowering rail along a first face in an lifting/lowering direction; a second body unit c...