US Patent Issued to Aisin World Corp. of America on May 13 for "Panel support structure for expanded sunroof opening" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,661, issued on May 13, was assigned to Aisin World Corp. of America (Northville, Mich.).

"Panel support structure for expanded sunroof opening" was invented by Glover Kosch (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Mike Mixon (Brighton, Mich.), Jacob Grimaldo (Westland, Mich.) and Tatsuya Matsui (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a sunroof of a vehicle includes a longitudinal rail defining a longitudinal cavity having an opening. A bracket supports a first sunroof panel for movement along the rail, between a closed position and a fully open position. A portion of the bracket extends into the cavity opening and is movable along the...