US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on April 22 for "Arrangement of a fastening clip on a connecting device which is welded onto a motor vehicle component, and method for producing an arrangement of a fastening clip on a connecting device which is welded onto a vehicle component" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,669, issued on April 22, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Arrangement of a fastening clip on a connecting device which is welded onto a motor vehicle component, and method for producing an arrangement of a fastening clip on a connecting device which is welded onto a vehicle component" was invented by Maik Hammer (Bruckberg, Germany), Johann Niekerk (Munich) and Frank Woellecke (Germering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement includes a fastening clip, a connecting device, where the connecting device has at least two connecting elements, and a motor vehicle component. The connecting device is weld...