ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,438, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NINGBO SCHLEMMER AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).
"Connecting joint" was invented by Bin Hu (Ningbo, China), Zhanbang Wang (Ningbo, China), Xiaobin Chen (Ningbo, China), Wenbing Yu (Ningbo, China) and Jinhai Xia (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting joint including a joint main body and a locking spring is provided. The joint main body is provided with a slot, a slot wall of the slot is provided with a stop platform, the stop platform is provided with a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other, the locking spring includes an elastic strip,...