ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,395, issued on April 8, was assigned to NIFCO INC. (Yokosuka, Japan).

"Device attachment structure" was invented by Kazuki Yoshihara (Yokosuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device attachment structure is attached to a vehicle inner side face of a window panel and includes a base member supporting a device, a bracket attached to a roof, and a first cover attached to the base member and the bracket. A fourth engagement portion is restrained by a first engagement portion from moving in a first direction and toward a first side in a third direction, and is allowed to move in a second direction and toward a second side in the th...