US Patent Issued to KOJIMA INDUSTRIES on June 2 for "Glove box" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,484, issued on June 2, was assigned to KOJIMA INDUSTRIES Corp. (Aichi, Japan).

"Glove box" was invented by Junya Suzuki (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glove box includes: an outer unit turning to open and to close; a lock unit that locks a closed state of the outer unit; a lock mechanism that includes an operation unit, an interlocking unit, and a base unit; an inner unit that closes an inner wall of the outer unit; a fitting portion that assembles the inner wall of the outer unit and the lock mechanism; and a receiving seat portion that receives the lock unit. Further, the inner unit has an inclined portion inclined ...