ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,341, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PIOLAX INC. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Lock device" was invented by Jun Saito (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock device attached to a stationary body so that an opening and closing body is locked in a closed state with respect to the stationary body includes a driving member that is driven in response to movement of an operation member, and a rod movable in a longitudinal direction. The driving member includes a coupling portion coupled to the rod. The rod includes a lock portion engageable with and disengageable from a lock hole of the opening and closing body, and a holding porti...