ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,708, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Drive device and boot" was invented by Yohei Moriya (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a drive device for opening and closing opening/closing body 2 supported by vehicle body 3 in an openable and closable manner. The drive device includes drive device main body 11 and boot 12. Drive device main body 11 is connected to vehicle body 3 and opening/closing body 2, and telescopic. A wire extending from drive device main body 11 passes through the inside of boot 12 including boot main body 31 and fitting part 32. Fitting part 32 is disposed at the end...