ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,879, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MORIROKU Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Storage device for vehicle" was invented by Takuya Uehara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle storage device has a locking device that can keep a lid in a closed condition. The locking device includes an operation member for performing an unlocking operation of the lid, an engagement member that can be engaged with the storage portion and its engaged state is released when the operation member is operated, a first spring that biases the operation member toward a standby position in a locked state, and a second spring that biases the engagement member to...