ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,881, issued on July 28, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Pressure applying device" was invented by Yoshihiro Ogawa (Tokyo), Kuniaki Miyake (Tokyo) and Noriyuki Ogawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a pressure applying device capable of applying pressure to a working object with a substantially constant force through a compact structure. The pressure applying device includes a pressure accumulating portion; and a pressure transmitting body that transforms a pressure of the pressure accumulating portion to transmit the transformed pressure to a working object."

The patent was filed on June 16, ...