ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,892, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Fishing reel" was invented by Issei Miyamoto (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel of the present invention comprises a battery box that accommodates a replaceable battery in a side plate on a side opposite to a handle of a reel main body, a holding member that is movable integrally with a clutch operation member and holds a detection target unit, and a detection sensor that is disposed in the battery box and detects the moving detection target unit to determine whether a clutch mechanism is in an ON state or an OFF state. The holding membe...