ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,404, issued on May 20, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Attachment structure for functional component and interior member" was invented by Takako Miyoshi (Tochigi, Japan), Jinichi Tanabe (Tochigi, Japan), Yuki Oshima (Tochigi, Japan), Masahiro Nomura (Tochigi, Japan) and Yuta Oshino (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment structure and an interior component is capable of supplying electric power to a functional component even when a vehicle is stopped. The functional component includes a first functional component attached to a fitting portion of an interior member, the fitting portion capable ...