US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on June 30 for "Linear motion device and electronic component mounting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,304, issued on June 30, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Linear motion device and electronic component mounting device" was invented by Ryotaro Miyahara (Osaka, Japan) and Ryo Fujita (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear motion device includes: a base that extends in a reference direction; a linear guide mechanism that includes a guide rail fixed to the base and extending in the reference direction and a slider supported movably on the guide rail along the reference direction; a moving body that is fixed to the slider and that is movable in the reference direction to...