US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 21 for "Coating lance" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,721, issued on April 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Coating lance" was invented by Andrew P Dunbar (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating lance includes a body having first and second segments interconnected in a joint region. The first segment, which can be made from metal, includes an outer diameter reducing from a first outer diameter in a rearward portion through a transition portion to a second outer diameter in a main segment portion. The second body segment, which can be made from carbon fiber, is substantially uniform in outer diameter throughout. A coating tube extends within an interior ...