ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,515, issued on April 22, was assigned to Extang Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
"Capacitive touch vehicle accessory" was invented by Chad Carter (Manchester, Mich.) and Jerome Facchinello (Grand Blanc, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a vehicle having an accessory positioned along the vehicle. The system may also include a sensor located along the vehicle in wireless communication with the accessory, wherein the sensor triggers activation of the accessory based on input from an external source."
The patent was filed on May 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/203,178.
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