ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,793, issued on March 25, was assigned to Brose SchlieBsysteme GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).

"Motor vehicle latch seal" was invented by David Rosales (Rochster Hills, Mich.), Deon McGUIRE (Oxford, Mich.) and Andrii Levakov (Zubri, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch for use in a motor vehicle. The latch including a first housing member, a second housing member, and a clip. The first housing member including a first edge member, the second housing member including a second edge member. The clip including a first leg and a second leg collectively configured to sandwich the first and second edge members to fix the first hou...