US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on June 24 for "Flexible structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,469, issued on June 24, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Flexible structure" was invented by Takafumi Hirata (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuki Hotoda (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuki Hayakawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuta Ishiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible structure includes a first member, a second member, a recess, and a wire. The first member is capable of flexing and extending. The second member covers an outer circumference of the first member and is capable of flexing and extending in conjunction with the first member. The recess is provided at an inner circumference of the second member. The w...