ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,784, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Manufacturing system and manufacturing method for manufacturing assembly including tap" was invented by Yoshikane Tanaami (Nagoya, Japan), Miyuki Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Takahiro Kokawaji (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improvement in reliability of manufacture of an assembly including a tap is achieved. A control section of a manufacturing system for manufacturing an assembly including a tap causes a robot to perform: a step of producing a first assembly by gripping a cap having an opening and engaging the cap with a collet having a recess ...