ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,176, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle-mounted apparatus" was invented by Tsugio Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes an accommodation portion that is configured to accommodate an electronic key of a vehicle, an actuator that is configured to perform a press operation to the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion by moving a movable portion in one direction, and an intermediate member that is disposed between the electronic key accommodated in the accommodation portion and the actuator and that is configured to transmit a force of the ...