ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,884, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Silencer covering protrusion of panel with fitting portion and stopper portion fitted each other" was invented by Masahiro Nagano (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silencer includes a panel cover portion and a protrusion cover portion that extends upward from the panel cover portion and covers a protrusion of a panel. The protrusion cover portion includes a first protrusion cover portion and a second protrusion cover portion that have an elongated shape and cover the protrusion. The first protrusion cover portion includes a first protrus...