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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2020
Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US);
Connor Leschinsky, Hampton, VA (US);
Thomas Wheeless, Hampton, VA (US);
Leonardlee Pascual, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Hesham Elsaghir, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Paul Risque, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Taisuke Isano, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US);
Abstract
A carriage that records data while moving on a rail system including a first moving unit located on one side of the rail and configured to move along the rail, a second moving unit located on a different side of the rail from the first moving unit and configured to move along the rail, a spring unit configured to slide one or more of the moving units in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the rail, and a position maintaining unit located between the first moving unit and the second moving unit, wherein the position maintaining unit prevents the first moving unit or the second moving unit from sliding more than a predetermined distance when traveling along the rail.