ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,277, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GLOBERIDE INC (Tokyo).
"Electric reel" was invented by Keisuke Matsuno (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric reel according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a spool around which a fishing line is wound; a motor having a motor shaft and driven for rotating the spool; a one-way clutch provided for preventing reverse rotation of the motor; a motor shaft fixing member fixed to the motor shaft; and a one-way clutch shaft member fitted into the one-way clutch. The electric reel is configured such that rotation of the motor is transmitted to the one-way clutch through t...