ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,432, issued on May 5, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Casing cap and control cable connecting structure with casing cap" was invented by Hironari Ishihara (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing cap is connected to an end of an outer casing through which an inner cable is inserted, the casing cap comprising: a main body portion having a curved guide path guiding the inner cable in a curved state; an outer casing connecting portion protruding from the main body portion at a one-side end in an extending direction of the guide path; and an engaging portion for engaging the casing cap with an mounting target, wh...