ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,266, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AMANDA MANUFACTURING LLC (Livonia, Mich.).

"High strength door striker and method for making" was invented by Almantas K. Paskonis (Concord Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a door striker assembly having an improved interface between a striker pin and a base plate. The striker pin comprising a raised section wherein a cross-section of the raised section comprises a bottom taper and a top taper where the bottom taper is inserted into a base plate aperture from a top side of the base plate for seating the striker pin into the base plate aperture. The p...