US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on May 19 for "Rotating shaft" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,799, issued on May 19, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotating shaft" was invented by Hiroyuki Tanaka (Wako, Japan), Naoki Ito (Wako, Japan) and Tatsuya Choji (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating shaft is equipped with an outer shaft, and an inner shaft that is inserted into a hollow interior of the outer shaft. A first end part of the inner shaft includes an extending portion that is exposed and extends from the outer shaft. The extending portion is positioned and fixed to the outer shaft by a positioning and fixing member. The positioning and fixing member includes a nut member that is screw-engaged...