ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,985, issued on May 12, was assigned to A&D COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Balance including double windshield" was invented by Hisanori Oda (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The balance includes the double windshield including an inner windshield that covers a weighing pan, and an outer windshield that covers the inner windshield, the respective windshields include sliding doors openable and closable on a lateral surface, a pair of engagement members configured to link sliding doors positioned on the same lateral surface side of the respective windshields so as to move in the same direction are provided, a protrusion is provided ...