ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,706, issued on March 31, was assigned to Nifco Inc. (Yokosuka, Japan) and Subaru Corp. (Tokyo).
"Grommet and grommet attachment structure" was invented by Shohei Takahashi (Yokosuka, Japan) and Satoshi Kanou (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet includes: a pair of clamping bodies that clamp a wire harness; a hinge portion that openably and closably couples the pair of clamping bodies; and an engagement portion that is provided at the pair of clamping bodies and that engages with an attachment hole formed in an attachment panel in a state in which the wire harness and the hinge portion clamped by the pair of clamping bodie...