US Patent Issued to GLOBERIDE on July 28 for "Fishing reel" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,577, issued on July 28, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).

"Fishing reel" was invented by Kentaro Okuma (Higashikurume, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel of the present invention comprises: a pinion gear that is rotatably driven by a rotating operation of a handle; and a bearing that rotatably supports the pinion gear with respect to a reel main body. The bearing comprises a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, an axial movement of the bearing is restricted by fitting the first engagement portion into a movement restricting portion provided in the reel main body, and a rotational movement o...