ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,369, issued on May 5, was assigned to KASAI KOGYO Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Center pillar upper" was invented by Akira Tonosaki (Utsunomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center pillar's upper part trim includes a slider and a knob. The slider has a boss projecting in the back side direction. The knob has a flexible member extending in a cantilever manner in a first direction being one operation direction and other end opposed to the flexible member on the first direction side of the flexible member. The center pillar's upper part trim further includes: a slide-and-join structure allowing the knob to slide and join to a plu...