US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on March 31 for "Lid opening/closing structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,478, issued on March 31, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Lid opening/closing structure" was invented by Kenichiro Kaneko (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid opening/closing structure includes: a lid openable/closable with respect to a base member between a fully-closed position and a fully-opened position; a first power-applying mechanism to apply, to the lid, first power for opening/closing the lid with respect to the base member; and a second power-applying mechanism to apply, to the lid, second power different from the first power and being for opening/closing the lid with respect to t...