US Patent Issued to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS on June 23 for "Link mechanism, link device, and stretching machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,845, issued on June 23, was assigned to THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Link mechanism, link device, and stretching machine" was invented by Masaki Kato (Tokyo) and Ichiro Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A link mechanism 11 according to an embodiment includes a base member 25, an outer rail holder 24a provided on one end side of the base member 25 and including guide rollers 41 and 42 moving along a rail 14, an inner rail holder 24b provided on the other end side of the base member 25 and including guide rollers 41 and 42 moving along another rail 13 provided on an inner side of the rail 14, link plates 22 and 23 ...