ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,800, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ANSEI Corp. (Obu, Japan).
"Lock apparatus for vehicle open/close body" was invented by Hiroshi Kawai (Obu, Japan) and Hidenobu Hayashi (Obu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle lock apparatus (1), an open/close mechanism (3) includes: a drive source (M1); an actuation lever (30) supported coaxial with a fork (10) to be swingable in first and second directions (R1, R2) independently of the fork; and a drive train (50) that swings the actuation lever: in first direction (R1) by transmitting a first driving force from the drive source to the actuation lever, and in second direction (R2...