US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Riko on July 14 for "Cover" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,875, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Cover" was invented by Takuya Tokunaga (Aichi, Japan), Kenichiro Ito (Aichi, Japan) and Hiroyuki Kondo (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover includes: divided covers, made of an elastomer; a first locking part, integrally formed on an edge of one divided cover; and a second locking part, integrally formed on an edge of the other divided cover. The first locking part includes a base end piece and a tip piece, and has a locking groove opening on a side opposite to an abutment direction formed between the base end piece and the tip piece. The ...