ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,844, issued on May 27, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Door handle control device of vehicle" was invented by Yukihiro Moriyama (Aki-gun, Japan) and Eisuke Kuramoto (Aki-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having improved opening and closing operability of a side door includes a lever that projects to an outer side in a vehicle width direction from a storage position at which the handle lever is flush with the surface of a door outer panel, a position switch that detects the movement position of the lever, a latch mechanism that has a latch engageable with a striker in conjunction with the lever...