US Patent Issued to MAZDA MOTOR on April 22 for "Vehicle door" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,501, issued on April 22, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Vehicle door" was invented by Yukihiro Moriyama (Hiroshima, Japan) and Eisuke Kuramoto (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door maintains a pulling amount of a release cable without increasing the size of a cable pulling member, or degrading ease of operation of a door handle. The door includes a handle gripped by a user; a handle arm turned about a hinge pin with operation of the handle; a crank plate turned about a hinge pin with turning of the handle arm, thus pulling a release cable; and a latch device that releases a door lock w...