US Patent Issued to AISIN World Corp. of America on June 17 for "Control of a power tailgate system responsive to clutch slippage" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,579, issued on June 17, was assigned to AISIN World Corp. of America (Northville, Mich.).

"Control of a power tailgate system responsive to clutch slippage" was invented by Gowtham Harsha Pulikonda (New Hudson, Mich.), Yasuyuki Noiri (Walled Lake, Mich.), Nicholas Ozog (South Lyon, Mich.) and Ryan Heins (Wixom, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a power tailgate in a vehicle power tailgate system includes steps of controlling operation of a motor to attempt to lower or raise a tailgate operably connected to the motor, determining that a clutch interposed between the motor and the tailgate (and operably conn...