ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,575, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Gear device" was invented by Mitsuhiro Tamura (Yokosuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear device that is incorporated in a food machine which is used in a process of handling food, includes a first gear, a second gear that meshes with the first gear, grease that is accommodated in an internal space in which a meshing portion between the first gear and the second gear is present, and a gap portion that allows the internal space to communicate with an external space, in which the first gear is made of fiber-reinforced resin, an accommodation amo...