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Granted Patent B2
US 12,397,715 · App. 17/697,404 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Storage device for vehicle and method of assembling storage device

Inventor: Keisuke Umeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
B60R7/04B60R2011/0007
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Patent No.
US 12,397,715
App. No.
17/697,404
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle storage device includes a storage portion that has an opening in its one face and is configured to store at least one thing therein, a bracket body fixed to an attaching surface portion, which is another face of the storage portion, a shaft member supported on the bracket body, a lid supported on the shaft member such that the lid can swing to open and close at least part of the opening of the storage portion, and a coil spring configured to bias the lid in an opening direction. The bracket body includes at least one engaging portion that extends along the attaching surface portion. The attaching surface portion includes at least one engaged portion that has an opening to receive the respective engaging portion.

Claims (20)

1. A storage device for a vehicle, comprising:

a storage portion that has an opening in its one face and is configured to store items therein;

a bracket body fixed to an attaching surface portion, which is another face of the storage portion;

a shaft member supported on the bracket body;

a lid supported on the shaft member such that the lid can swing to open and close at least part of the opening of the storage portion; and

a coil spring configured to bias the lid in an opening direction,

the bracket body including at least one engaging portion that extends along the attaching surface portion, wherein the at least one engaging portion is integrally provided by the bracket body and extends therefrom; and

the attaching surface portion including at least one engaged portion that has an opening to receive the at least one engaging portion,

wherein the storage portion has at least one bottom portion that faces the at least one engaged portion respectively such that a free end of each of the at least one engaging portion can abut against the at least one bottom portion when the at least one engaging portion is inserted into the at least one engaged portion.

2. The storage device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one engaging portion has an abutting portion that can abut against the respective engaged portion and extends substantially parallel to a general surface portion, which constitutes a general surface of the bracket body, and a connecting portion that connects the general surface portion to the abutting portion and extends obliquely relative to the general surface portion and the abutting portion.

3. A storage device for a vehicle, comprising:

a storage portion that has an opening in its one face and is configured to store items therein;

a bracket body fixed to an attaching surface portion, which is another face of the storage portion;

a shaft member supported on the bracket body:

a lid supported on the shaft member such that the lid can swing to open and close at least part of the opening of the storage portion; and

a coil spring configured to bias the lid in an opening direction,

the bracket body including at least one engaging portion that extends along the attaching surface portion, wherein the at least one engaging portion is integrally provided by the bracket body and extends therefrom; and

the attaching surface portion including at least one engaged portion that has an opening to receive the at least one engaging portion,

wherein the shaft member has at least one protrusion that protrudes radially outward, and

the lid has at least one stopper that can abut against the at least one protrusion respectively when the at least one stopper reaches a predetermined opening angle relative to the bracket body.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 18636270 TO APPLICATION NUMBER 18363270 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 71770 FRAME 194. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE IN ONE TRANSACTION, MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD., SPUN-OUT A PORTION OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE PATENT APPLICATIONS AND THE SPUN-OUT PORTION, WHICH WAS UNNAMED AFTER JAPANESE LAW, WAS ABSORBED BY MORIROKU CO., LTD.. Recorded Sep 26, 2025
From: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
To: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072874/0645 →
IN ONE TRANSACTION, MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD. SPUN-OUT A PORTION OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE PATENT APPLICATIONS AND THE SPUN-OUT PORTION, WHICH WAS UNNAMED UNDER JAPANESE LAW, WAS ABSORBED BY MORIROKU CO., LTD. Recorded Jun 17, 2025
From: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
To: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071770/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: UMEDA, KEISUKE
To: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059297/0808 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-052934 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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