US Patent Issued to FCA US on Dec. 9 for "Park release mechanism with deployable handle and indicator" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,747, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Park release mechanism with deployable handle and indicator" was invented by Brian P Sturza (Washington, Mich.), Dorinel Neag (Commerce Township, Mich.) and Carl Mather (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual park release assembly includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, and a handle disposed at least partially in the housing. The handle is deployable relative to the housing along the longitudinal axis between a stored position and a deployed position, and the handle is rotatable relative to ...