ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,892, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Fastener" was invented by Zhilin Li (Shanghai) and Jiahui He (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a fastener for fastening a first component in a second component having a circular hole. The fastener includes a main body and a retaining member. The main body includes a head for connecting the first component and a shaft portion extending from the head. The retaining member includes a receiving barrel and a plurality of retaining arms. The shaft portion passes through and is connected to the receiving barrel to limi...