US Patent Issued to Sony Group on Sept. 30 for "Perfume holding member and fragrance providing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,220, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Perfume holding member and fragrance providing device" was invented by Yukito Inoue (Tokyo), Shuji Fujita (Tokyo) and Kazutaka Takaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perfume holding member 101 includes: a perfume holder 208 that holds perfume; a holding space 209 where the perfume holder is disposed; a first opening 202 and a second opening 211 that open the holding space to the outside; movable portions 204 and 210 that move so as to open and close the first opening and the second opening; and a tolerance absorbing portion 207 that absorbs a toler...