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Granted Patent B2
US 12,496,977 · App. 18/363,270 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Storage device

Inventor: Nobuhito Tsuku (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
B60R7/04B60Q3/50B60R16/03B60R16/037B60R2011/0007B60Y2306/05B60Y2306/07
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Patent No.
US 12,496,977
App. No.
18/363,270
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage device includes a storage unit that can store a thing or things therein, and a lid that can swing to open and close an upper face of the storage unit. The lid includes movable hinges provided on a rotary shaft, a main body supported by the movable hinges, a base portion supported by the main body, an electronic component provided on a part of an upper surface of the base portion, and a cable for feeding electricity to the electronic component. A part of the electronic component passes through an electronic component hole formed in the base portion, and the electronic component and the cable are connected to each other below the base portion.

Claims (17)

1 . A storage device comprising:

a storage unit having an open upper face for storing a thing therein; and

a lid that is swingable to open and close the upper face of the storage unit,

wherein the lid comprises a movable hinge provided on a rotational axis such that the lid can rotate relative to the storage unit, a main body supported by the movable hinge such that the main body can open and close an opening of the storage unit, a base portion supported by the main body, a plate-like electronic component which is provided on a part of an upper surface of the base portion and to which electricity can be fed, and a cable for feeding electricity to the electronic component,

wherein the base portion has an electronic component hole that penetrates the base portion from an upper surface to a lower surface of the base portion,

wherein a part of the electronic component passes through the electronic component hole, and

wherein the electronic component and the cable are connected to each other below the base portion.

2 . The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises a first cable hole through which the cable can extend, and

the cable passes through the first cable hole and extends along the main body toward the movable hinge.

3 . The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the cable is disposed along an outer surface of the movable hinge.

4 . The storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the movable hinge comprises a second cable hole extending in parallel to an axial direction of the rotational axis at a position closer to the rotational axis than the first cable hole, and

the cable passes through the second cable hole such that a portion of the cable is provided on a back surface of the movable hinge.

5 . The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the movable hinge comprises a cable receiving groove that has a channel shape to receive the cable therein, and

the cable is received in the cable receiving groove.

6 . The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a dummy electronic component, which is a separate member from the electronic component and is not connected to the cable, is provided on a remaining area of the upper surface of the base portion, and at least a part of the same material as the material of the electronic component is used for the dummy electronic component.

7 . The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing member is provided to close the electronic component hole.

8 . The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic component is any one of a heater, a capacitive switch, a light emitter, and a Peltier element.

Assignments (2)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2023
From: TSUKU, NOBUHITO
To: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 064453/0903 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-130381 · Aug 18, 2022 · national
JP 2023-086521 · May 25, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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