ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,894, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DELTA KOGYO Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan) and MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Shift lever" was invented by Keita Nishimo (Hiroshima, Japan), Tetsuya Obata (Hiroshima, Japan), Yoh Yamazaki (Hiroshima, Japan), Yohsuke Takenaga (Hiroshima, Japan) and Akira Michinaga (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shift lever includes a lever main body and a shift knob located at a distal end of the main body. The lever main body has a lever shaft and a push rod located in the lever shaft. The shift knob has a button for unlocking that receives a pushing manipulation force in a direction inte...