ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,920, issued on March 17, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Component assembly" was invented by Martin Endres (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany), Franz Korber (Mallersdorf, Germany) and Christian Waldherr (Malgersdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component assembly consists of a first, largely dimensionally stable component having at least two latching protrusions, which are largely diametrically opposed to each other and by which a second, flexible component can be positioned. The second component has cutouts corresponding to the latching protrusions. In an assembled end position, the latching protr...