US Patent Issued to DAIWA CAN on April 22 for "Lock mechanism, equipment connector, container connector, and connection equipment" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,010, issued on April 22, was assigned to DAIWA CAN COMPANY (Tokyo).

"Lock mechanism, equipment connector, container connector, and connection equipment" was invented by Toshihiro Asano (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshio Iino (Kanagawa, Japan), Naoyuki Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Naoki Sunaga (Kanagawa, Japan), Masanori Okabayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Mio Hattori (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock mechanism includes an engaged section of a second member and an engagement member of a first member. The engagement member includes an operating section, a fulcrum section configured to contact the second member in a state in whi...