ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,169, issued on June 10, was assigned to DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Guide roller for vehicle sliding door" was invented by Kenji Okudaira (Inuyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a guide roller for a vehicle sliding door. The guide roller rolls along a rail located on a vehicle body. The guide roller is pivotally supported in a rotatable manner by a support member coupled to the vehicle sliding door. The guide roller includes a ring-shaped inner race made of metal, a ring-shaped outer race, and a covering member mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the outer race."
The patent was filed on Feb. 8...