US Patent Issued to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT on Oct. 14 for "Door latch device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,226, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Door latch device" was invented by Yasuyuki Watanabe (Yokohama, Japan) and Shintaro Okawa (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch device includes a latch mechanism, a motor, an electric release mechanism, a manual release mechanism, a lock mechanism, a courtesy switch, and a door lock ECU and the door lock ECU is communicably connected to a vehicle body ECU provided on a main body side of a vehicle. The door lock ECU includes a printed wiring board and each terminal of the courtesy switch is connected to the printed wiring board....