ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,758, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Bearing unit and motor" was invented by Masatomo Kumashiro (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing unit that supports a rotating shaft includes: a frame including a tubular body; a bearing disposed in the frame; and a pressing spring that is disposed in the frame and presses the bearing, the pressing spring including a protrusion as a positioning part that comes into contact with an inner surface of the tubular body of the frame to determine a position of the pressing spring."
The patent was filed on May 27, 2022...