US Patent Issued to YKK on Sept. 30 for "Fastening part, method of producing the same, and mold device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,686, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fastening part, method of producing the same, and mold device" was invented by Madoka Nanbu (Toyama, Japan) and Yohei Shimizu (Toyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fastening part includes: a two-dimensional arrangement of engagement elements including a plurality of engagement elements arranged corresponding to a plurality of lattice points of a planar lattice; a plurality of first ribs; a plurality of second ribs, and a plurality of apertures formed in a fastening region in which the two-dimensional arrangement is provided. The first rib connects the engagement el...