ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,186, issued on April 14, was assigned to SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).
"Arm member" was invented by Katsuhiro Hiramatsu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arm member allowing a ball joint to be held firmly in a hole part of a base material includes, a metallic base material, and a ball joint having a cylindrical housing. The base material has a hole part. The housing is inserted in the hole part. The housing includes an abutting part abutting on the base material in an axis direction at an edge position of the hole part."
The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2022, under Application No. 18/286,168.
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