ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,540, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Assembly member production method including step for fitting protruding part and recessed part" was invented by Satoshi Furuta (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This assembly member production method includes a step for disposing a coating agent at the lateral surface of a protruding part of a first member and the lateral surface of a recessed part of a second member so as to be able to be discharged to the outside after the second member is assembled to the first member. The production method includes a step for fitting the protruding part and th...