ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,195, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Okazaki, Japan).
"Fixing member and fixing structure" was invented by Toshio Iwahara (Okazaki, Japan), Katsuya Hirakawa (Okazaki, Japan), Makoto Kato (Okazaki, Japan) and Toshinori Muramoto (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Objects are: to make a fixing structure in which an engagement part of a fixing member is inserted and fixed in a through hole of a plate-shaped member, into a structure in which the fixing member is easily detached from the through hole and is less likely to be damaged or broken when being detached; and to, in doing so, maintain th...