ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,883, issued on Sept. 30, 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; and a ratchet lever, the open link including: a lever body; an inertial lever portion; and a bias member configured to bias the inertial lever portion relative to the lever body, wherein a support shaft portion is provided at one of the lever body and the inertial lever portion and an insertion portion having an insertion hole is provided in the other, and wherein an engagement mechanism is provided between...