ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,035, issued on June 23, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).
"Joint structure, joint body, and member set" was invented by Kota Kawahara (Iyo-gun, Japan), Hiroaki Matsutani (Iyo-gun, Japan) and Masato Honma (Iyo-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a joint structure, a joined assembly, and a set of members. It provides a joint structure including a first joint part formed in a first member and a second joint part formed in a second member that are fitted and fixed together wherein at least either of the first member and the second member is made of a fiber reinforced plastic material that contains reinforci...