US Patent Issued to MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands on Jan. 13 for "Fastening construction, exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle and method for assembling or disassembling a fastening construction" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,139, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V. (Woerden, Netherlands).

"Fastening construction, exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle and method for assembling or disassembling a fastening construction" was invented by Patrick Johannes Linthorst (Woerden, Netherlands) and Vincent Huibert Van Rooijen (Woerden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention proposes a fastening construction comprising a base part fixedly connectable to a vehicle, a locking element, a spring, and a positioning element. The base part comprises a shaft having an axial contact element extending axia...