ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,563, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Fishing reel" was invented by Daisuke Tsushima (Tokyo) and Hironori Horie (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel according to the present disclosure has a one-way clutch that is disposed on a drive shaft and has an inner ring, an outer ring, and a holder holding a plurality of rolling members, and a cylindrical portion that is provided on a reel body and accommodates the one-way clutch. The outer ring is provided with a stopper protruding radially outward, a circumferential wall of the cylindrical portion is provided with a notch portion which penetrates the...