ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,615, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to GLOBERIDE Inc. (Tokyo).
"Fishing reel" was invented by Saki Furuse (Higashikurume, Japan), Motohiro Nonogaki (Higashikurume, Japan) and Toshiaki Kobatake (Higashikurume, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level winding device for a fishing reel comprises a tubular body that rotates in conjunction with ON/OFF operation of a clutch mechanism, a worm shaft that is accommodated in the tubular body and rotationally driven by a rotational operation of a handle, a holding body that comprises an engagement pin engaged with a spiral groove of a worm shaft and holds a fishing line insertion portion t...