US Patent Issued to Resideo USA on July 7 for "Mounting bracket" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,542, issued on July 7, was assigned to Resideo USA LLC (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Mounting bracket" was invented by Jiyang Zhang (Shanghai), Yongjun Chen (Shanghai), Xuemei Wu (Shanghai) and Chengrui Yan (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting bracket comprising: a mount for attaching to an object to be supported, said mount comprising a ball-shape end portion having a first diameter; a clamping assembly, comprising: a body defining a bore extending through the body, said bore being configured for accommodating at least the ball-shape end portion of the mount, and a neck at or near one end of the bore, the neck defining a sm...