US Patent Issued on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods for controlling vehicle rear closure" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,360, issued on Nov. 11.

"Systems and methods for controlling vehicle rear closure" was invented by Adam Merz (New Boston, Mich.), Kirsen J. Quan (Northville, Mich.), Ronald M. Lovasz (Allen Park, Mich.), Matthew Ryan Preston (Whitmore Lake, Mich.), Lee Mitchell Tome (Windsor, Canada) and Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a rear closure, a detection unit and a notification unit is disclosed. The rear closure may move between a closed state and an open state. The detection unit may detect vehicle access device position in proximity to the vehicle. The notification unit ...