ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,715, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MORIROKU Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Storage device for vehicle and method of assembling storage device" was invented by Keisuke Umeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle storage device includes a storage portion that has an opening in its one face and is configured to store at least one thing therein, a bracket body fixed to an attaching surface portion, which is another face of the storage portion, a shaft member supported on the bracket body, a lid supported on the shaft member such that the lid can swing to open and close at least part of the opening of the storage portion, and a coil sp...