ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,292, issued on March 4, was assigned to Magna Automotive Parts (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).
"Lock device of a vehicle" was invented by Jianjun Yu (Suzhou, China) and Jun Jin (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock device of a vehicle comprising: a base plate; a guide plate rotatably disposed on the base plate; a pawl rotatably disposed on the base plate, the pawl being engageable with the guide plate in an unlocking position and disengageable from the guide plate between a half-locked and fully-locked position; a ratchet rotatably disposed on the base plate for retaining a striker when in the half-locked or the ful...