ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,275, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Lower roller" was invented by Hiroshi Shingu (Walled Lake, Mich.), Yuichiro Saiki (Sakura, Japan), Joji Goto (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Takashi Fukahori (Utsunomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller assembly includes an L-shaped bracket and a support bracket, each having a preformed bend that is greater than ninety degrees, but that when under a load of a sliding side door of a vehicle, is configured to decrease under the load to ninety degrees. The roller assembly also includes a roller arm supported between the L-shaped bracket and the support bracket and ...