ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,684, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC. (Tokyo).
"Electric fishing reel" was invented by Keisuke Matsuno (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric fishing reel comprises a reel main body that comprises a left frame and a right frame and side plates covering the left and right frames, an operating part that is provided on a side of the left frame or a side of the right frame and is rotatable, a handle shaft of the operating part, a drive gear that comprises a cylindrical portion and a tooth surface and is rotatably frictionally coupled to the handle shaft, and a drag washer that is non-rotatably fitted to the ha...