ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,513, issued on June 16, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Bushing for lead-acid battery and lead-acid battery" was invented by Sousuke Fujita (Kyoto, Japan), Kazuki Tada (Kyoto, Japan) and Takatomo Takemitsu (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bushing (40A) for a lead-acid battery includes: a cylindrical bushing main body portion (41) that can be fitted to a pole (45); and a columnar terminal portion (50) located at a position offset from the bushing main body portion (41) in plan view, in which the terminal portion (50) includes: a pedestal portion (52) integrally coupled to the bushing main bod...