US Patent Issued to ISUZU MOTORS on Sept. 1 for "Restriction apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,523, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restriction apparatus includes a movement section, a rotation section, and a restriction section, and during when the movement section moves from a replacement position to a mounting position, the rotation section makes contact with the restriction section to rotate from a first position to a second position, and the rotation section passes a position of the restriction section to return to the first position."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2024, u...