ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,931, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC. (Nagano, Japan).

"Window regulator and stopper member attaching method" was invented by Hideaki Kanai (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window regulator includes a guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window glass of a vehicle, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window glass, a wire that is routed on one side of the guide rail and pulls the carrier plate, and a stopper member that is attached on the one side of the guide rail so as to overlap a routing position of the wire and restricts mo...