US Patent Issued to RIVERFIELD on June 30 for "Forceps device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,379, issued on June 30, was assigned to RIVERFIELD INC. (Tokyo).

"Forceps device" was invented by Kyohei Takikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forceps device includes grasping portions, a support that holds the grasping portions, a first rotating shaft that turnably supports the support, a base member that holds the first rotating shaft, first wires that transmit driving forces to move the grasping portions, second wires that transmit a driving force to turn the support about the first rotating shaft, and a stopper that prevents the support from touching the first wires."

The patent was filed on July 16, 2024, under Appli...