ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,771, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Connecting 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 connecting structure includes a connecting pin, a pin catch, a biasing member, and a holder. The connecting pin has a first portion, a second portion thicker than the first portion, and a step therebetween and connects a connecting object and a connected object (objects) by being inserted into their insertion holes. The pin catch moves in a recess in one of the objects in moving directions that are not an...