US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on April 22 for "Bumper system and bumper operation method for vehicle closure module" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,832, issued on April 22, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Bumper system and bumper operation method for vehicle closure module" was invented by Michael J. Gardynik (Farmington Hills, Mich.), David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.) and Mark Joseph Courtright (Allen Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle closure module overtravel accommodating system includes a closure module of a vehicle. The closure module is pivotably coupled to a vehicle frame and is configured to pivot relative to the vehicle frame back-and-forth between a closed position and an open position. The system further includ...