ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,954, issued on July 29, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Console box" was invented by Naoyuki Fukui (Kiyosu, Japan), Yu Hishida (Kiyosu, Japan), Etsuo Ozawa (Kiyosu, Japan) and Tasuku Shimizu (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A console box includes a box main body having an upper opening, and a lid that opens and closes the upper opening. The lid includes a lid main body, a pivot, and an operation portion. The pivot is provided at one side in a width direction of the lid main body and couples the lid main body to the box main body. The operation portion is provided to correspond to the pivot, ...