ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,867, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAFRAN SEATS (Plaisir, France).

"Device for attaching a tube onto a holder" was invented by Samuel Cauquil (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Pascal Beving (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for attaching a tube onto a holder includes the tube, the holder, a through screw and a nut, the holder receiving the tube in a cylindrical housing transversely pierced by a port, the tube having two piercings facing each other, the screw passing through the port and the two piercings and securing the tube and the holder, wherein the cylindrical housing of the holder has a longitudi...