ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,808, issued on March 25, was assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Slide door driving device" was invented by Kazuyuki Sasaki (Yokohama, Japan) and Shinichiro Kita (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The size of a driving portion for a sliding door is reduced. Drive mechanism drives sliding door that can move along rail provided in a lower part of a vehicle. Drive mechanism comprises: door opening and closing cables each having first end that is fixed to sliding door; and driving portion to which a second end of door opening cable and a second end of door closing cable are fixed, wherein driving portio...