ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,273, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Marelli Corp. (Saitama, Japan).
"Support member and catalyst converter support structure" was invented by Takaharu Yamamoto (Saitama, Japan) and Suguru Yatsuzuka (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support member includes: a pair of first support members provided to sandwich and support an attachment portion, one of the first support members being in contact with a vehicle side; and a second support member provided between the pair of first support members, formed separately from the first support members, and configured to support an inner peripheral side of a through hole. An att...