ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,998, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PIOLAX INC. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Holder for long member" was invented by Tomoyuki Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masatoshi Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for a long member includes: a holding member that includes a frame-shaped body portion; an anti-vibration member that includes a frame-shaped portion; and a fixing member that is provided with an insertion portion, and a flange. The anti-vibration member includes a pair of extension pieces that protrude in a state where the frame-shaped portion is inserted into the frame-shaped body portion, and that are sandwic...