US Patent Issued to ISUZU MOTORS on April 21 for "Restriction apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,001, issued on April 21, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Restriction apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Sekiuchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restriction apparatus includes a contact section that restricts movement of a placement portion toward a mounting position, and a switching section that switches a position of the contact section between a contact position and a non-contact position, the contact position being where the contact section makes contact with the support portion when the battery is not placed on the placement portion, the non-contact position being where the contact secti...