US Patent Issued to THK on July 21 for "Module system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,278, issued on July 21, was assigned to THK Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Module system" was invented by Akihiro Unno (Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Inda (Tokyo), Akira Ishihara (Tokyo), Takamitsu Tomiyama (Tokyo), Yuichi Mizutani (Tokyo) and Kazuto Homma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module system is configured by positioning a first module in which a first guide device is incorporated and a second module in which a second guide device is incorporated along a guide direction. The module system includes a first positioning portion configured to position the first module and the second module in such a manner that a gap between the first guide devi...