US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Sept. 23 for "Coupling device and method for coupling panels" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,423, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Coupling device and method for coupling panels" was invented by Brian E. Dressel (Worthington, Ohio), So Nakaura (Wako, Japan), Satoshi Hayashi (Wako, Japan), Travis W. Cannady (Marysville, Ohio) and Geemay Chia (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device and method for removably coupling frames of a modular panel system includes a first coupling body fixedly and rotatably connected to a first panel frame of a first panel and a second coupling body fixedly and rotatably connected to a second panel frame of a second panel. The first and sec...