US Patent Issued to THK on June 30 for "Guide device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,148, issued on June 30, was assigned to THK Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Guide device" was invented by Yuichi Mizutani (Tokyo), Marina Takeda (Tokyo), Kazutoshi Harima (Tokyo) and Minami Tsuiki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide device is equipped with a rail having a first surface in contact with a mounting surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a through hole penetrating between the first surface and the second surface, and a recessed portion that is an opening on a first surface side of the through hole and is formed to be recessed from the first surface toward the second surface, wherein the recessed portion inclu...