ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,249, issued on April 15, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Fishing reel" was invented by Hiromu Yasuda (Tokyo) and Motohiro Nonogaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel comprises: a circuit board; a plurality of electrical components electrically connected to the circuit board; an external-device connection unit electrically connected to the circuit board; and a watertight structure to accommodate the circuit board inside. The external-device connection unit comprises: an external connection part disposed outside of the watertight structure, the external connection part being designed to electrically connect to...