US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on Feb. 24 for "Sound generation mechanism and dual-bearing reel for fishing using the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,802, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Sound generation mechanism and dual-bearing reel for fishing using the same" was invented by Hiroki Oogose (Sakai City, Japan), Takeshi Ikuta (Sakai City, Japan) and Kunio Takechi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sound generation mechanism including a rotation member configured to rotate together with a spool and including a recess-protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral surface along a circumferential direction of the rotation member; a contacting member moveably supported relative to a pivot shaft and configured to ela...