ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,648, issued on March 17.
"Spike structure made of different materials and featuring augmented joining strength" was invented by Teng-Jen Yang (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Jen-Yu Yang (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spike structure made of different materials and featuring augmented joining strength includes: a sole protruding component including a joining ring portion, first and second joining portions disposed at two ends of the joining ring portion respectively; an interface component including a middle portion disposed in the joining ring portion, first and second receding portions disposed at two ends of t...