ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,170, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Lock mechanism of a storage box" was invented by Tsuyoshi Yamada (Tokyo) and Takehiko Kikuchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock mechanism of a storage box can secure and release a lock pin of a lid member with a rotational operation of a cam member, and includes a cam support member for supporting the cam member, and a rotation lock plate for restricting the rotational movement of the cam member, in which the rotation lock plate is configured to restrict the rotational movement of the cam member in a case that the rotation lock plate is at a position al...