US Patent Issued to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT on July 7 for "Vehicle door latch device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,343, issued on July 7, was assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Vehicle door latch device" was invented by Shintaro Okawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Keiichiro Okuyama (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch engaging with a striker on a vehicle body, a ratchet provided with a pawl which blocks the latch from pivoting by respectively engaging with a half-latched engagement portion and a fully-latched engagement portion of the latch, a holding lever blocking the pawl from pivoting in a releasing direction by abutting with the ratchet, and a third latch lever which engag...