ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,546, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Housing" was invented by Takuma Imagawa (Hyogo, Japan) and Shuhei Mieda (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing can be provided, the housing comprising a housing body 2 and a lid 3, wherein the housing body 2 and the lid 3 have a shaft portion Ax1 and a bearing portion Ax2, wherein a side wall W2 has, in a base end region R2, an opposing surface F4 opposing an opposing surface F3 provided to the lid 3, wherein the opposing surface F3 and/or the opposing surface F4 has a projecting portion PR1, wherein the side wall W2 has an opposing surface F2 oppos...