ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,191, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Inter-component connection structure" was invented by Atsushi Yamashima (Kanagawa, Japan), Daisuke Ohmori (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kei Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inter-component connection structure includes a male fitting member; and a female fitting member that has a first nipping portion and a second nipping portion disposed to face each other, and nips an insertion portion of the male fitting member inserted between the first nipping portion and the second nipping portion. A pair of the male fitting mem...