US Patent Issued to NISHIKAWA RUBBER on July 14 for "Door hole cover" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,182, issued on July 14, was assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Door hole cover" was invented by Naoya Sasaki (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention improves work efficiency of a detachment work of detaching a door hole cover from a door inner panel. The door hole cover is to be attached to a door inner panel of a vehicle's door, the door hole cover including: recessed portions each allowing a clip to be housed therein, the clip being used to attach the door hole cover to the door inner panel; a pair of guide walls connected to an end portion of each recessed portion which end portion h...