ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,689, issued on July 15, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Ribbed screwboss" was invented by Kacper Surowiak (Cracow, Poland) and Batlomiej Kaminski (Cracow, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screwboss including a base, a main body, an opening into an end of the main body, distal from the base for fixing a threaded fastener thereinto. The screwboss further includes at least one rib adjoining the base and the main body to support the main body in an upstanding position. At least one rib extends from the main body at a position offset from a radial line from a center axis of the opening and toward...