US Patent Issued to NIPPON THOMPSON on July 21 for "Linear motion guide unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,198, issued on July 21, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Linear motion guide unit" was invented by Takafumi Kawashima (Mino, Japan) and Tomoaki Nakamura (Mino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear motion guide unit includes a rail including a rail upper surface and a rail side surface each extending in a longitudinal direction and having a first raceway surface provided on the rail side surface, a sliding member relatively movably attached to the rail and including a sliding member lower surface facing the rail upper surface and a second raceway surface facing the first raceway surface, a plurality of rolli...