ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,726, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Linear motion mechanism" was invented by Yasuhisa Kamikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a linear motion mechanism having a further enhanced strength of a structure.The linear motion mechanism including an intermediate link including a conversion mechanism that converts a rotational force from a motor into a driving force in a linear direction, the intermediate link extending in the linear direction, a first link that linearly moves toward a first side in the linear direction from an end of the intermediate link on the first side on the basis of the ...