ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,814, issued on March 25, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Connection structure and wearable device" was invented by Yoshihiro Maruyama (Hamura, Japan) and Masao Amano (Uenohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection structure includes: a connection pin that includes a first part and a second part between which a step is formed and that connects a first target and a second target by being inserted in an insertion hole; and a pin locker movable in a moving direction in a recess formed in either the first or second target. The pin locker has a pin engaging part that engages with the step of the connection p...