US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 18 for "Door handle with ambient light" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,910, issued on March 18, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Door handle with ambient light" was invented by Xuezhong Fu (Shanghai), Wei Fang (Shanghai) and Junxue Ma (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle assembly for a vehicle has a handle structure with an arcuate side edge. A light is coupled with the handle structure. An inner handle structure is coupled with the handle structure sandwiching the light between the handle structure and the inner handle structure. A single attachment member secures the door handle assembly with the vehicle door."

The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2023, under Applicati...