ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,766, issued on March 25, was assigned to ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH (Biedenkopf, Germany).
"Locking connection assembly and mounting method" was invented by Andreas Schoch (Marburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snap-fit connection arrangement includes groove and tongue strips respectively having a groove and tongue, and first and second attachment regions for placement along first and second components, respectively. The groove and tongue strips respectively extend in first and second longitudinal directions transversely to their respective cross sections. Cross-sectional contours of the tongue and the groove corresp...