US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 31 for "Apparatus, system, and method for vehicle center console lid storage" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,696, issued on March 31, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Apparatus, system, and method for vehicle center console lid storage" was invented by Jaime N. Moore (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a vehicle include a compartment having an edge surrounding a cavity, a lid pivotally coupled to the compartment, the lid including an inner surface sized to span over the cavity and enclose the compartment, and a retainer sized and configured to removably couple to the inner surface. A plurality of at...