ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,303, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Fixing structure for pipe nut" was invented by Kyosuke Hirazumi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing structure includes an insertion hole, a slit, a first stopper, and a second stopper. The insertion hole is provided in a vehicle body frame. A pipe nut main body is inserted through the insertion hole so as to be rotatable. The slit is provided in the vehicle body frame and extends from the insertion hole. The first stopper is provided at a base end of the pipe nut main body and abuts on an outer surface of the vehicle body frame to restrict movement of the pipe ...