ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,061, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Waterproof structure for communication device, communication unit, and working machine" was invented by Yasuhiko Arai (Sakai, Japan), Keisuke Miura (Sakai, Japan) and Tokio Sakata (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a waterproof structure to prevent water ingress through an air hole in a casing of a communication device. A waterproof structure for a communication device, the communication device including a casing that houses an electronic substrate and has an air hole, includes a plate member facing the casing and attached to the casing such...