US Patent Issued to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT on Feb. 17 for "Door latch device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,263, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Door latch device" was invented by Shintaro Okawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Yasuyuki Watanabe (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch device includes a motor, a mechanical mechanism, a door lock ECU, and a case. The door lock ECU includes a printed wiring board and a capacitor connected to the printed wiring board. The case includes a bottom plate, a first accommodation space for accommodating the motor and the mechanical mechanism on one side of the bottom plate, and a second accommodation space for accommodating the printed wiring ...