ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,660, issued on March 24, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Shock absorber and packaging system" was invented by Shinya Suehiro (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuta Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tadakatsu Ikeda (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorber and two packaging systems. The shock absorber is to be attached to an object to be packaged, and the shock absorber includes a first shock absorber including a first base structure having a frame shape and at least one first shock-absorbing rib disposed inside the first base structure, and a second shock absorber having a second base structure in a shape of a pla...