ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,008, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Nabtesco Corp. (Tokyo).
"Joining of fiber-containing composite material" was invented by Tsutomu Yasui (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining structure according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first member and a second member, the first member having a hole extending along an axis direction, the second member including a shaft member, the shaft member being formed of a fiber-containing composite material and having a shape to fit in the hole, the second member being joined to the first member via the shaft member so that movement thereof in the axis direction is ...