ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,681, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TF-METAL Co. Ltd. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Seat sliding device" was invented by Shunsuke Kuroda (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat sliding device includes a lever member, a lock member, a rear biasing member, an operation member, and a front biasing member. A cylindrical portion of the operation member is inserted inside the lever member. At a front end of the front biasing member inserted into the cylindrical portion of the operation member, a retaining portion and a release portion are formed, the retaining portion preventing the operation member from moving forward, and the ...