ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,967, issued on June 23, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restriction releasing apparatus is a restriction releasing apparatus that releases restriction imposed by a restriction apparatus that restricts movement of a battery from an inner position in a vehicle to an outer position, and includes a support portion movable toward a restriction position and a release section supported by the support portion, in which the release section rotates the rotation section from the restriction position to a non...