ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,541, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to THK Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Rail connecting structure" was invented by Yuichi Mizutani (Tokyo), Kazutoshi Harima (Tokyo), Marina Takeda (Tokyo), Akira Ishihara (Tokyo) and Yusuke Asano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail connecting structure is provided which can absorb misalignment occurring on rail mounting members side and reduce a level difference generated at a connecting portion of rails. A rail connecting structure that connects rails (6, 7) to be mounted on rail mounting members (4, 5) includes a base block (22) that is placed at a connecting portion (14) of one rail (6) and the o...