US Patent Issued to AISIN on Sept. 8 for "Vehicle door device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,578, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Vehicle door device" was invented by Yosuke Kaji (Kariya, Japan), Jueru Shimizu (Kariya, Japan), Masayoshi Yamaguchi (Kariya, Japan), Seiichi Sumiya (Kariya, Japan) and Naoki Gotoh (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission mechanism includes: an engagement portion provided to a drive link; a support shaft; a drive member supported rotatably around the support shaft, and having an engagement coupling portion with respect to the engagement portion and a transmission gear portion centered on the support shaft; and a torque input gear configured to b...