ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,097, issued on May 19, was assigned to HAYASHI TELEMPU Corp. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Article-holding component" was invented by Akira Saito (Nagoya, Japan) and Takuto Mase (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article-holding component is provided for holding an article. The article-holding component comprises a cylindrical part made of a cylindrical material, wherein: a holding part that engages with the article is formed on the inner surface of the cylindrical part to enable holding the article; the article-holding component is provided in a first part of an interior material of a vehicle; and the first part is covered with a s...