US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on April 8 for "Vehicle assembly having mid-gate with pass-through opening and cargo accommodating method" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,389, issued on April 8, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle assembly having mid-gate with pass-through opening and cargo accommodating method" was invented by Michael M. Azzouz (Farmington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle assembly includes a mid-gate assembly disposed between a passenger compartment and a cargo bed of a vehicle. The mid-gate assembly has a pass-through opening and a hatch that is pivotably coupled to the mid-gate assembly at a position vertically above a floor of the cargo bed. The hatch is configured to move back-and-forth between a closed position that closes the ...