ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,003, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SANOH INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Masking member, and method for coating hollow member" was invented by Tetsuya Ishikawa (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A masking member includes: a masking main body that is formed of an elastic material and that closes an opening portion of a hollow member by being inserted into the opening portion; and a passage portion that is formed at the masking main body, that opens on an outer peripheral surface of the masking main body, and that connects an outside and an inside of the hollow member by at least a part of an opening at the outer periphe...