ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,945, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle door device" was invented by Sho Kume (Kariya, Japan) and Masato Kumano (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door device includes first and second link arms having a first rotary coupling point with respect to a vehicle body and a second rotary coupling point with respect to a front door of a vehicle. The front door is opened toward a vehicle front side based on an operation of a link mechanism formed of the first and second link arms. The first link arm has the first rotary coupling point inside a dash panel provided at a front portion o...