US Patent Issued to Southco on Sept. 1 for "Vehicle glove box latch" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,448, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).

"Vehicle glove box latch" was invented by David A. Minnich (Lincoln University, Pa.), Andrew S. Matejka (Philadelphia), David Gray Judah (Philadelphia) and Jeffrey L. Antonucci (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle glove box latch includes a housing, a paddle pivotably connected to the housing, a rotor pivotably connected to the housing, a pawl coupled to the rotor and having an end that is engaged with an opening in the vehicle, and a lock barrel mounted to the housing for locking and unlocking the vehicle glove box latch. In a locked sta...