US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on Sept. 1 for "Charge port device for vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,507, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Charge port device for vehicle" was invented by Akiyoshi Shibata (Kanagawa, Japan), Daisuke Ichiwara (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Takaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshihiro Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ryohei Miyoshi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge port device includes a charge port provided in a port accommodation recess and a lid for concealing the port accommodation recess. A latch is provided in the port accommodation recess on an opposite side to a lid hinge with respect to the charge port. A slit is formed between a surface of a veh...