ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,189, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Joint structure" was invented by Junji Fujiwara (Osaka, Japan) and Tatsuyuki Nakagawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A second member has a through-portion penetrating toward a first member. An overlapped surface of the second member with the first member includes a recess. The recess is recessed so as to surround an entire periphery of the through-portion. The recess is provided with a sealing material. The sealing material closes a gap between overlapped surfaces of the first member and the second member."
The ...