ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,827, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Joint structure, method for designing joint structure, and method for manufacturing joint structure" was invented by Naohiko Fukuda (Aki-gun, Japan), Takahiro Kumagai (Aki-gun, Japan), Koji Miyamoto (Aki-gun, Japan) and Hiroki Kimura (Aki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint structure increases fastening force between a first member and a second member while preventing peeling of an anti-rust coating film of the first member. The joint structure includes the first member in which the anti-rust coating film is formed by electrodeposition on a ...