ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,095, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NAKANISHI METAL WORKS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Pulley with two flanges" was invented by Masayoshi Nakamura (Osaka, Japan) and Ryotaro Taniguchi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pulley with two flanges, a pulley body and a flange body are joined by ultrasonic welding with molten resin in a resin reservoir defined by: a first space defined by a first gap and a second gap, the first gap being between an annular connecting surface connecting a first outer cylindrical surface and a second outer cylindrical surface of an inner-diameter portion of the flange body and an end face of a...