ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,435, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Telescopic device" was invented by Yoshitaka Hada (Toyota, Japan), Shiyogo Nakamura (Nisshin, Japan), Yoshihiro Okuda (Miyoshi, Japan) and Takatoshi Morimitsu (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic device includes an expandable tubular structure and an inner-side guide member disposed inside the tubular structure. The tubular structure includes an outer belt and an inner belt. The outer belt and the inner belt each have a plurality of first protrusions and holes arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction. The inner-side guide member...