ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,489, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SURUGA PRODUCTION PLATFORM Co. LTD. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Jig device and jig unit" was invented by Shinya Okawara (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig device of a workpiece in a machine tool includes: a holding mechanism that holds the workpiece in a cantilevered state; and a spindle-direction support mechanism including at least one spindle-direction support member disposed to face the workpiece from a side opposite to a spindle of the machine tool in a spindle direction with respect to the workpiece held in the cantilevered state by the holding mechanism. The spindle-direction ...