ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,564, issued on June 17, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).
"Vehicle glove box latch" was invented by David A. Minnich (Lincoln University, Pa.) and Andrew John Keeling (Kennett Square, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle glove box latch sub-assembly includes a rotor that is pivotably connected to a rotor mounting portion of a housing, and at least one pawl rotatably coupled to the rotor and having opposing ends. The rotor includes a body, a post disposed on the body, and rotation limiters extending from the post. One end of the opposing ends of the pawl includes an engagement portion that is configured to be e...