ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,813, issued on April 7, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Attachment structure for sheet material" was invented by Hiroyuki Kato (Kakegawa, Japan) and Ryota Kataoka (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment structure for a sheet material includes an attachment hole portion that is provided in a sheet material and in which a large-diameter hole and a small-diameter hole communicate with each other through a communication portion, a locking portion provided in a member to be attached corresponding to the attachment hole portion, and configured to lock the attachment hole portion to attach the sheet material to ...