US Patent Issued to NIPPON THOMPSON on May 12 for "Straight and curved guide rail and straight and curved guide device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,852, issued on May 12, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Straight and curved guide rail and straight and curved guide device" was invented by Satoshi Sasaki (Mino, Japan), Daisuke Sato (Mino, Japan) and Yuichi Shibuya (Mino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straight-curved guide rail includes a straight part and a curved part and is configured to guide movement of a movable element. The straight-curved guide rail includes: a base part extending in a longitudinal direction of the straight-curved guide rail; and a track part, which is formed on the base part, extends in the longitudinal direction, and has a pair o...