US Patent Issued to DELTA KOGYO on Oct. 6 for "Sliding device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,671, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to DELTA KOGYO Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Sliding device" was invented by Toshinori Hayashi (Hiroshima, Japan), Ryo Oniki (Hiroshima, Japan) and Yuu Inasako (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sliding device, a sliding device includes a lock mechanism that includes a lock plate having a pair of protrusions protruding in a width direction and a pair of guide parts that restrict shifting of the lock plate in an up-down direction by coming into contact with the pair of protrusions. The guide parts are configured to, in progress of the lock plate moving into a lock teeth zone, restr...