US Patent Issued to NIPPON THOMPSON on Aug. 4 for "Rocking table" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,823, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rocking table" was invented by Hiroaki Shimoyoshi (Toki, Japan) and Satoru Kato (Toki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocking table includes a base portion, a linear motion mechanism including a rail attached to the base portion and a slider relatively movably attached to the rail, a driving source causing the slider to perform a linear reciprocating motion, a first support portion attached to the slider and performing a linear reciprocating motion together with the slider, a first rolling bearing attached to the first support portion, a table portion ca...