US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 3 for "Driving mechanism, moving device, and recording device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,054, issued on March 3, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Driving mechanism, moving device, and recording device" was invented by Takuto Tanaka (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving mechanism moves a moving unit in a predetermined direction and an opposite direction that is opposite to the predetermined direction. The driving mechanism includes a worm that is coupled to a driving source and rotates to move the moving unit, a worm wheel that is meshed with the worm, and a holding portion that holds the worm. The holding portion includes a highly-regulating portion that contacts with the worm when the movi...