ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,577, issued on March 11, was assigned to FUJI KOGYO Co. LTD. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Component fixing tool for fishing rod component, and component fixing method" was invented by Kazuhito Omura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component fixing tool and a component fixing method, which fix a fishing rod component to a rod body, are provided. The component fixing tool includes a wrapping portion which wraps an attachment foot of the component and the rod body and is composed of a single twist yarn. The single twist yarn is wound around the attachment foot and the rod body by a multiple number of winding turns in a state o...