US Patent Issued to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC on June 17 for "Structure for attaching grating lid onto resin trough body; trough track; trough track forming method; and grating lid" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,720, issued on June 17, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Structure for attaching grating lid onto resin trough body; trough track; trough track forming method; and grating lid" was invented by Hiroki Manabe (Tokyo) and Takashi Hori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This resin trough body has an approximately U-shape cross-sectional shape that includes a bottom section and side sections on the two sides. Vertical reinforcement ribs are formed at a prescribed interval on the outer surface of both side sections of a trough body of a prescribed length. Further, near the front and back ends of the trough body, hori...