ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,323, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Sealing system for connecting drainage device to vehicle window glass" was invented by Yang Xu (Shanghai), Tao He (Shanghai), Jing Yu (Shanghai) and Bin Zhu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing system for connecting a drainage device to a vehicle window, includes a fixing section for being connected to the vehicle window glass and an engaging section for being detachably connected to the drainage device, the engaging section including a supporting body, an elastic arm, and a transition portion connecting the supporting body to the e...