US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 21 for "Vehicle door control system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,052, issued on July 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle door control system" was invented by Atsushi Nakashima (Tokyo), Mitsunori Nishino (Tokyo), Toshihiro Kaneda (Tokyo), Akira Kamikura (Tokyo), Riki Toyooka (Tokyo), Makoto Ono (Tokyo), Tsukasa Kishida (Tokyo), Koji Masuda (Tokyo), Yoichi Katayama (Tokyo) and Koji Nomura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door control system includes a door, holding part, and controller. The door is capable of opening and closing by a motion of swinging relative to a vehicle body. The holding part is capable of switching between an openable-and-closable state and...