US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on July 7 for "Hand rest device and vehicle occupant support device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,600, issued on July 7, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Hand rest device and vehicle occupant support device" was invented by Chikanori Honda (Yokohama, Japan) and Kousuke Suzuki (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand rest device, including: a hand rest that is disposed at a front side of a seat of a vehicle, the hand rest being disposed at a usage position for supporting a hand of a vehicle occupant seated at the seat and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a height of the usage position of the hand rest."

The patent was filed on Oct. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/483,431.

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