ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,991, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotary atomizing coating device that includes a plurality of through holes that extend in a radial direction in a side surface portion of the rotary atomizing coating device" was invented by Takashi Kikuchi (Tokyo), Osamu Yashima (Tokyo) and Takumi Hasegawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary atomizing coating device includes a main body including a rotary drive unit, and a bell cup attached to the rotary drive unit. The bell cup includes: a side surface portion extending toward a distal end in an axial direction of the rotary drive unit; a through hole...