ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. RE50,646, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Holder for conveyance of cylindrical body" was invented by Hiroaki Ichinose (Moriguchi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for conveyance of a cylindrical body includes a tubular portion having a hollow portion in which a cylindrical body is housed, and a protrusion having a base end connected to an inner wall surface of the tubular portion and a distal end formed as a free end. The protrusion has elasticity and flexibility, and the protrusion is disposed on an inner diameter side of an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body at ...