ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,848, issued on May 27, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Nesting two-step snap connection for serviceable components" was invented by Alejandro Barrera (Metepec, Mexico), Jose Roberto Cabrera (Toluca, Mexico) and Juan Escobar (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trim assembly of a vehicle includes a first component, a second component, and an attachment element attaching the first component to the second component. The attachment element includes a main body extending from the first component at a first main body end of the main body. The main body includes main body arms extending from the m...