US Patent Issued to FUJIMIYASEISAKUSHO on Oct. 7 for "Coupling structure including plurality of coupling parts, and shape-variable member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,376, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FUJIMIYASEISAKUSHO Co. LTD. (Arao, Japan).

"Coupling structure including plurality of coupling parts, and shape-variable member" was invented by Norimichi Matsuoka (Arao, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a shape-variable multiple junction point extendable structure that is configured to extend and contract by coupling a plurality of coupling structures 20. Each of the coupling structures 20 includes two rigid members 21, and a plurality of horizontal coupling parts 40 each attached to a respective one of the rigid members 21. Each of the horizontal coupling parts 40 i...