ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,320, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RYODEN SHONAN ELECTRONICS Corp. (Kamakura, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasonic probe" was invented by Yasushi Hara (Kamakura, Japan), Toshiaki Ohashi (Kamakura, Japan), Kazuhiro Tsuzaki (Wako, Japan) and Toshitsugu Sakakibara (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic probe (100) includes an oscillator accommodating part (110), a first coil spring (130), and a collar (140). The oscillator accommodating part (110) has an accommodation shaft (116) having an ultrasonic oscillator (111a) accommodated therein, and a curved surface part (114) connected to one end por...