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. 12,331,574, 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 Nicholas Ozog (South Lyon, Mich.), Gowtham Harsha Pulikonda (New Hudson, Mich.), Ryan Heins (Wixom, Mich.) and Yasuyuki Noiri (Walled Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a power tailgate in a vehicle power tailgate system includes a motor, a reduction drive, and a slippable clutch. A screw is connected to the clutch. The clutch is structured to transmit torque between the reduction drive and the screw. A slide is connectible to a t...