ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,218, issued on April 21, was assigned to SFS Group International AG (Heerbrugg/St. Gallen, Switzerland).
"Component holder" was invented by Kai Heineke (Bad Teinach/Zavelstein, Germany) and Olav Schendel (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component holder, in particular for aircraft, for indirectly securing components to the fuselage or body shell. The component holder has a base portion and an attachment element which is lockable to the base portion and has a component receiving member arranged thereon. The base portion has a circular shell form, and the upper edge has retention and locking elements. The lockable ...