ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,568, issued on June 17, was assigned to ALPHA Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicle door handle" was invented by Shinji Ichikawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Kosuke Kakita (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door handle includes a pair of front and back covers which are connected to each other. One of the front and back covers includes a locking body. The locking body includes a leg portion configured to elastically deform and a locking hook projecting from a tip end of the leg portion. The locking hook is elastically locked and connected to a locked portion formed on the other of the front and back covers. The locking bod...