ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,120, issued on April 14, was assigned to OKUMA FISHING TACKLE Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).
"Waterproof spinning fishing reel" was invented by Liang-Jen Chang (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Tsung-Jen Tu (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterproof spinning fishing reel includes a housing having an accommodation, an opening and an opening edge, a worm located in the accommodation and extending out of the opening, a bushing sleeved onto the worm, a waterproof bearing having a first outer race abutting against the housing, and a first inner race sleeved onto the bushing, a cover having a plate portion mounted to ...