US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 14 for "Slide door support mechanism" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,183, issued on July 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Slide door support mechanism" was invented by Takashi Fukahori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide door support mechanism includes a lower rail provided on a vehicle body, a rear slide door configured to open and close a rear door opening portion of the vehicle body by slide movement, a door rail provided on the rear slide door, a first arm that bridges between the lower rail and the door rail, a vehicle body-side roller unit and a vehicle body-side roller provided on the first arm and slidably provided on the lower rail, a door-side roller provided on a...