ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,438, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).
"Electric fishing reel" was invented by Issei Miyamoto (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric fishing reel of the present invention comprises a drive motor that is provided in a frame of a reel main body and rotationally drives a spool around which a fishing line is wound. The drive motor comprises a motor case that houses a motor component and is attached to the frame, and a set plate is attached to the frame. Then, the motor case is fitted to the set plate by a fitting structure."
The patent was filed on July 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/7...