US Patent Issued to EAGLE INDUSTRY on Sept. 15 for "Rotary connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,703, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rotary connector" was invented by Hiroshi Takata (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Sawada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rotary connector includes: an outer peripheral electrode; an inner peripheral electrode which is inserted through the outer peripheral electrode and is disposed to be rotatable; a plurality of roller current collectors which are arranged to make a planetary motion between the outer peripheral electrode and the inner peripheral electrode; a bearing that axially supports the inner peripheral electrode to be rotatable; and a bearing holder that h...