US Patent Issued to TS TECH on Oct. 27 for "Latch device, vehicle seat, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,929, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Latch device, vehicle seat, and vehicle" was invented by Yoichi Tachikawa (Tochigi, Japan) and Soichiro Kamei (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a latch device, a vehicle seat, and a vehicle capable of reducing the number of components, manufacturing man-hours, and costs. A latch device includes a latch that can transition between a locked state where the latch is engaged with a striker and an unlocked state where the latch is disengaged from the striker; an unlocking operation knob for switching the latch from the locked state to...