ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,239, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding components" was invented by Gai Yamaguchi (Tokyo), Ryosuke Uchiyama (Tokyo), Takahiro Tsukamoto (Tokyo), Yuki Maetani (Tokyo), Sayaka Miyazaki (Tokyo), Hiroki Inoue (Tokyo), Minori Onuma (Tokyo), So Makishima (Tokyo) and Yuta Negishi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding surface of a first sliding component and a sliding surface of a second sliding component slide against each other in an intersecting manner such that first positive pressure generation grooves and second positive pressure generation grooves at least partially overlap each othe...