US Patent Issued to NITTO DENKO on May 27 for "Ventilation structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,435, issued on May 27, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Ventilation structure" was invented by Youzou Yano (Osaka, Japan) and Takumi Takahashi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation structure (1a) includes a housing (10a) and a ventilation component (20a). The housing (10a) has a first surface (12) defining a lateral surface of a columnar space (11c) in an attachment hole (11). The ventilation component (20a) is attached to the housing (10a) to close the attachment hole (11). The ventilation component (20a) has a ventilation path (21) between an inner space (15u) of the housing (10a) and an outer...