ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,921, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle lid lock device" was invented by Toshiyuki Ueki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lid lock device includes: a drive actuator; a lock pin movable between a first position where one end thereof is engaged with a part of a lid in a vehicle exterior panel to maintain the lid closed and a second position where the lock pin is disengaged from the part of the lid to allow the lid to open; a handle member to be gripped by a user; and a cable having one end coupled to another end of the lock pin and another end coupled to a part of the handle member and confi...