MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202614009096 A) filed by Honda Motor Co. , Ltd. on January 29, 2026, for Storage Box.

Inventors include Eda, Toshiyuki; Masuda, Tomoaki; Sato, Kazunari -; and Ueda, Ryuta.

The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a storage box that can suppress an increasing in the overall size of the storage box while maintaining anti-theft properties. Disclosed is a storage box (30) having a first half body (31) and a second half body (32) attached on top of the first half body (31) and opens and closes about an open/close axis (33), the storage box (30) including: a lock mechanism (50) provided for the first half body (31) to keep the second half body (32) closed; an eave (35) provided for the second half body (32) and extending downward; and a grip (40) formed by combining a first protrusion (41) protruding from the first half body (31) and a second protrusion (42) protruding from the second half body (32). The grip (40) covers the lock mechanism (50) when viewed in a protruding direction of the first protrusion (41) and the second protrusion (42), and a lower end of the eave (35) extends in the protruding direction of the grip (40). Fig. 5

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