ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,154, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (Northville, Mich.).

"Tubing clip" was invented by Jacob C. Jensen (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Brian J. Cardwell (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Stephen S. Frederiksen (Clarkston, Mich.) and Gerardo Flores Gutierrez (Coahuila, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a component for a tubing clip having a body having a first end and a second end, a first tube channel, and a first arcuate arm and a second arcuate arm spaced along the body. The first arcuate arm defines the first tube channel and has a first connecting structure and the second arcuate arm has a...