US Patent Issued to EXEDY on Sept. 1 for "Protective case and drive unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,871, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).

"Protective case and drive unit" was invented by Taichi Ohno (Neyagawa, Japan) and Hitoshi Katsura (Neyagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective case into which dust or rainwater can be inhibited from intruding includes a housing and a door part. The housing includes an opening. The door part includes a rotational shaft portion and a door body. The rotational shaft portion is disposed outside the housing so as to overlap with the housing. The door body extends from the rotational shaft portion so as to cover the opening. The door part is attached to...