ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,806, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Elastic member and elastic device" was invented by Yasuhiro Mitsui (Chiba, Japan), Tomohiko Chosa (Chiba, Japan) and Toru Hirokane (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic member having a plate-like shape, includes a plurality of disc springs arranged side by side in a plane; and a support part integrally provided with the plurality of disc springs in the plane and around the plurality of disc springs, and supporting the plurality of disc springs."
The patent was filed on May 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/869,509.
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