US Patent Issued to UNIVANCE on Aug. 4 for "Lubrication structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,827, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to UNIVANCE Corp. (Kosai-City, Japan).

"Lubrication structure" was invented by Tomoyuki Hara (Kosai-City, Japan), Takaaki Onoda (Kosai-City, Japan), Masaki Yoshikane (Kosai-City, Japan) and Masanori Nagata (Kosai-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication structure includes a shaft having therein the oil passage, which is bottomed, extending in an axial direction, and a pipe that is open at both ends and disposed in the oil passage along the shaft. The shaft includes discharge channels open at an outer circumference of the shaft and extending from the oil passage toward an outer side i...