ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,081, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle center console" was invented by Hiroyasu Taniguchi (Tokyo), Ryosuke Matsuoka (Tokyo), Toshinori Tsukagoshi (Wako, Japan), Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Wako, Japan) and Michihiro Hoshijima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center console includes an article placement portion, a front block portion, a rear block portion, a bridge portion, an inclination wall, and a terminal connection port. The front block portion is arranged at a forward position of the article placement portion. The rear block portion is arranged at a rearward position of the article placement...