MUMBAI, India, April 4 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414067539 A) filed by Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, Japan, on Sept. 6, 2024, for 'current collector and arm.'

Inventor(s) include Toki, Masato; Hara, Daichi; and Matsunobu, Yukihiro.

The application for the patent was published on April 4, under issue no. 14/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An object of the present disclosure is to reduce the chances of causing positional shift to a cable. A current collector (1) includes an arm (6) configured to support a current collecting element (2) thereon. The arm (6) has a first surface (64a), a first rib (61), and a through hole (641). The first surface (64a) i...