ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,759, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ALPHA Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Handle device for vehicle" was invented by Takao Toyama (Yokohama, Japan), Takashi Ono (Yokohama, Japan) and Mitsuo Nishizuka (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle device for a vehicle includes a handle base fixed to a vehicle, and a handle main body connected to the handle base and configured to be able to be pulled out from an initial position. The handle base is provided with an adjustment portion. The adjustment portion is configured to be operable by being exposed to outside when the handle main body is pulled out from the initial position...