ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,358, issued on May 13, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Powder coating device and powder coating method" was invented by Hiroaki Matsumoto (Tokyo), Muneki Yamada (Tokyo) and Kenji Masai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a powder coating device including a powder fluidization tank including a bottom member having a plurality of spacers interposed between a first plate member and a second plate member, a fixing member to which the powder fluidization tank is fixed, a coupling support member coupling and supporting the first plate member to the fixing member, and a vibration mechanism coupled to the first p...