ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,069, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Door latch device" was invented by Takuya Shinohara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch device includes: an open link including a lever main body, an inertia lever part, and a release energizing member configured to energize the inertia lever part to be maintained at an operating position with respect to the lever main body, an operation force of the door handle being not transmitted to the ratchet lever even in a state in which the lever main body is disposed at an unlocked position, in a case where the inertia lever part is...