US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on April 1 for "Fuel/charge port door assembly override systems and methods" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,515, issued on April 1, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Fuel/charge port door assembly override systems and methods" was invented by Scott Shaw (Plymouth, Mich.), William Barrett (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) and William Ethan-Alexander McClure (Clawson, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle assemblies are provided that include movable door assemblies. Examples of vehicle assemblies with movable door assemblies include charge port housing assemblies and fuel fill housing assemblies. An exemplary vehicle assembly may include an override retainer. The override retainer may include a flexible flap ...