ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,577, issued on July 22, was assigned to SFT LABORATORY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Spacer" was invented by Hiroshi Ichigaya (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer includes: projections each of which has a frame; multiple standing portions each of which has one end connected to the frame and that stand on the frame; and a standing-end connector that connects other ends of the standing portions, the frames being disposed close to each other such that the projections are connected; and flexible connectors that connect the frames. The projections have a three-dimensional shape. The flexible connectors are elastically deformable. At least ...