US Patent Issued to Southco on June 23 for "Pawl connector for glove box latch" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,856, issued on June 23, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).

"Pawl connector for glove box latch" was invented by David A. Minnich (Lincoln University, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle glove box latch and a method of assembling thereof is disclosed. The latch includes an actuator mounted for movement relative to the vehicle glove box; a rotor coupled to the actuator and mounted for rotation about a rotor axis; and a pawl coupled to the rotor and movable along a pawl axis angled relative to the rotor axis. An engagement portion of the pawl engages an opening in a vehicle in which the vehicle glove box is mount...