ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,817, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Vehicle lid device" was invented by Kenichiro Kaneko (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This vehicle lid device includes: a box provided on a vehicle-body deep side and having an opening for exposing a storage space to a vehicle-body outside; a lid to open/close between opening-closed/opened positions; and an open/close mechanism to open/close the lid between the closed/opened positions. The open/close mechanism includes a rotary gear rotatable about a rotation axis extending along a vehicle-body back surface on the vehicle-body deep side,...